Lurie Children's Hospital Faces Extended Cyber Attack Outage

Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago has been offline for a week due to a cyberattack, prompting the hospital to take its computers, internet, and phones offline. A call center has been set up to address non-urgent patient needs, and the FBI is assisting with the investigation. The outage has caused inconvenience for patient families and healthcare providers, with access to patient records limited. Security expert Jeff Leder noted that healthcare organizations are often targeted due to the sensitivity of their operations. The hospital is working diligently to resolve the matter, but the timeline for network restoration remains uncertain.