CNN — A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The hospital network, UT Health East Texas, is operating using “established downtime procedures” as the hospital investigates “a potential security incident” and works to bring computers back online, spokesperson Allison Pollan said in an email. Pollan did not respond to subsequent phone calls seeking more information on the incident and how the hospitals were responding. She declined to answer further questions over email. Headquartered in Tyler, Texas, UT Health East Texas operates 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics in the region, and provides health care to thousands of patients annually, according to its LinkedIn page. The East Texas health care system is […]
Ransomware breaches have cost the US economy tens of billions of dollars in downtime alone over the past seven years, according to new research from Comparitech. The consumer awareness firm analyzed data on all known ransomware attacks affecting medical organizations between 2016 and mid-October 2023, looking at specialist IT news, data breach reports and state […]
Data center downtime can be incredibly costly. To effectively service clients and employees, maintain the necessary amount of uptime. When considering facilities to host data, examine the facility’s uptime levels. The Uptime Institute’s simple data center tier levels describe what organizations should provide in terms of overall availability by the particular technical design of a […]