Chicago Children’s Hospital Confirms Cyber Threat Activity
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Summary
Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago suffers cyberattack, causing downtime of phone, email, and electronic systems for nearly three weeks. No timeline provided for recovery. Outages persist but hospital continues patient care. Cyber threats against healthcare facilities increasing, despite potential for heightened law enforcement attention. Ransomware groups predicted to continually target critical infrastructure sectors.
