The health system does not yet know exactly which data was stolen or from which patients.
Cybercriminals stole files from hospital system Ascension that likely contained personal information, Ascension said in a statement Wednesday, about a month after revealing it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack.
Ascension said it has no evidence that the attackers stole data from its electronic health records. The system said the attack occurred after a person working at one of its facilities accidentally downloaded a malicious file that the person thought was legitimate. Ascension is a nationwide health system with about 150 sites of care in Illinois, including 14 hospitals.
A nurse in at least one of Ascension’s Illinois hospitals said, shortly after the attack, nurses couldn’t automatically see doctors’ orders for patients, such as for medication or tests, or use their usual procedures to ensure accuracy when administering medication to patients.
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