Massachusetts hospital turning ambulances away after cyberattack

A cyberattack on Signature Healthcare and Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts forced ambulance diversions, activation of downtime procedures, and cancellations such as chemotherapy infusions while core emergency and inpatient services continue. Hospital officials are working with outside experts to investigate and restore systems, no group has claimed responsibility, and industry observers warn of sustained, elevated attacks on healthcare affecting vendors like Stryker. #SignatureHealthcare #Stryker

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Signature Healthcare and Brockton Hospital activated incident response and downtime procedures after detecting suspicious network activity.
Ambulances were turned away and chemotherapy infusion services were canceled, though emergency and scheduled surgeries continued.
The hospital is working with outside experts to investigate the incident and restore impacted information systems.
No hacking group has claimed responsibility, and patients should expect delays due to technology outages.
Health ISAC warns of sustained, high levels of malicious activity targeting healthcare, including alleged nation-state and financially motivated attacks affecting vendors like Stryker.