Michael Garron Hospital hit by âdata security incidentâ
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ppMichael Garron Hospital in Torontoâs east end was impacted Thursday by a âdata security incidentâppppppThe Toronto hospital is âactively investigatingâ the incident after five southwestern Ontario hospitals on Monday suffered cyberattacks that cancelled proceduresppMichael Garron Hospital in Torontoâs east end was impacted Thursday by a âdata security incidentâppA Toronto hospital is reporting data security issues this week days after five southwestern Ontario hospitals were subjected to cyberattacks that cancelled procedures and kept some patients waiting for hoursppMichael Garron Hospital announced Thursday it was made aware of a âdata security incidentâ earlier this week A spokesperson told the Star they werenât certain if it was related to the earlier cyberattacksppppâAt this time there are no known impacts to clinical applications or patient care servicesâ said Regan Lalonde spokesperson for the hospital in an email âWe are actively investigating and assessing the impact of the incident with the support of thirdparty expertsâppIn a statement on its website the hospital said it has âinitiated a Code Grey to facilitate the coordination of resources and business continuityâ Michael Garron defines a Code Grey as when an information technology system disruption affects the hospitalâs clinical and administrative applicationsppâWe have also notified our partnersâ its statement continued âOut of an abundance of caution our teams are in the process of planning and implementing additional proactive measures to safeguard our data and information systems while the investigation is underwayâppThe hospital did not specify which specific systems were impacted or whether any patient data was compromised Nor did it elaborate on the proactive measures taking placeppAlthough it appears no patient care services were impacted at Michael Garron other recently affected hospitals suffered more severe consequencesppFive hospitals of the ChathamKent Health Alliance were the targets of a cyber assault that caused long delays and rescheduled crucial procedures on Monday The CBC reports some patients were waiting nearly 24 hours to be seen after arriving by ambulance as staff scrambled to work with paper recordsppItâs unclear whether other hospitals were affected by the cyberattack although Unity Health and the University Health Network in Toronto told the Star they werenât impactedppHospitals and health care centres have become major targets for cyber criminals with a recent study in JAMA Network finding cyberattacks have more than doubled from 2016 to 2021 against US hospitalsppAccording to global cybersecurity firm Senetas malicious actors often leverage hospitalsâ lifesaving work against them like threatening to shut off vital support systems if they donât receive paymentppHospitals also hold a wealth of sensitive patient information that can be used to steal peopleâs identities access their accounts blackmail individuals or more according to SenetasppA new study from Comparitech found that in the US alone medical data breaches accounted for over 4227 million leaked patient records from 2009 to July of this yearppKevin Jiang
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ppMichael Garron Hospital in Torontoâs east end was impacted Thursday by a âdata security incidentâppppppThe Toronto hospital is âactively investigatingâ the incident after five southwestern Ontario hospitals on Monday suffered cyberattacks that cancelled proceduresppMichael Garron Hospital in Torontoâs east end was impacted Thursday by a âdata security incidentâppA Toronto hospital is reporting data security issues this week days after five southwestern Ontario hospitals were subjected to cyberattacks that cancelled procedures and kept some patients waiting for hoursppMichael Garron Hospital announced Thursday it was made aware of a âdata security incidentâ earlier this week A spokesperson told the Star they werenât certain if it was related to the earlier cyberattacksppppâAt this time there are no known impacts to clinical applications or patient care servicesâ said Regan Lalonde spokesperson for the hospital in an email âWe are actively investigating and assessing the impact of the incident with the support of thirdparty expertsâppIn a statement on its website the hospital said it has âinitiated a Code Grey to facilitate the coordination of resources and business continuityâ Michael Garron defines a Code Grey as when an information technology system disruption affects the hospitalâs clinical and administrative applicationsppâWe have also notified our partnersâ its statement continued âOut of an abundance of caution our teams are in the process of planning and implementing additional proactive measures to safeguard our data and information systems while the investigation is underwayâppThe hospital did not specify which specific systems were impacted or whether any patient data was compromised Nor did it elaborate on the proactive measures taking placeppAlthough it appears no patient care services were impacted at Michael Garron other recently affected hospitals suffered more severe consequencesppFive hospitals of the ChathamKent Health Alliance were the targets of a cyber assault that caused long delays and rescheduled crucial procedures on Monday The CBC reports some patients were waiting nearly 24 hours to be seen after arriving by ambulance as staff scrambled to work with paper recordsppItâs unclear whether other hospitals were affected by the cyberattack although Unity Health and the University Health Network in Toronto told the Star they werenât impactedppHospitals and health care centres have become major targets for cyber criminals with a recent study in JAMA Network finding cyberattacks have more than doubled from 2016 to 2021 against US hospitalsppAccording to global cybersecurity firm Senetas malicious actors often leverage hospitalsâ lifesaving work against them like threatening to shut off vital support systems if they donât receive paymentppHospitals also hold a wealth of sensitive patient information that can be used to steal peopleâs identities access their accounts blackmail individuals or more according to SenetasppA new study from Comparitech found that in the US alone medical data breaches accounted for over 4227 million leaked patient records from 2009 to July of this yearppKevin Jiang
is a Torontobased staff reporter for the Starâs Express Desk
Follow him on Twitter crudelykevinpp
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