"Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital Faces Week-Long Cyberattack Outage"
TL;DR
Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago is facing an eighth day of network outage, believed to be caused by a ransomware attack, leaving computers, phones, and electronic records inaccessible. Patients and staff are experiencing significant inconvenience, with one family having to seek help on social media for a life-saving prescription. Experts suspect a ransomware attack due to the hospital's sensitive data, and the hospital has established a call center to address patient needs while working with the FBI and cybersecurity experts to resolve the issue.
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