Lurie Children’s Hospital Faces 9-Day Cyberattack Outage by Known Criminal Threat Actor

Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been dealing with a network outage for nine days after it was accessed by a known criminal threat actor, prompting the hospital to take its systems offline to protect patient and organizational information. The hospital has been working with law enforcement, including the FBI, and has implemented emergency preparedness plans while remaining open to care for patients. An active and ongoing investigation is underway, and a call center has been established for patient-family questions and concerns.