One of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, Ascension, detected unusual activity on some of its network systems. Ascension shut down access to impacted systems to investigate what it described as a “cybersecurity event.”
In a statement on its website, Ascension notified that “unusual activity” was first detected on select technology networks on May 8th. Ascension believes this activity was the result of a cyberattack.
The organization responded by initiating an investigation and beginning remediation efforts. However, as a result of the Ascension cyberattack, access to some systems was interrupted as those processes continued.
Ascension also advised business partners to immediately disconnect from its systems until further notice, saying it was recommending “that business partners temporarily suspend the connection to the Ascension environment.
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