Lurie Children's Hospital Investigates Cybersecurity Outage

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago is experiencing a network outage due to a cybersecurity matter, impacting phones, email, and internet service for two days. The hospital is working with experts and law enforcement to resolve the issue and has taken network systems offline. Some elective surgeries and procedures have been canceled, but emergency services are unaffected. The hospital is communicating updates to patient families and community providers and is working to establish a call center to address their needs.