CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital chains in the U.S,  suffered a cyber attack that forced the healthcare giant to take certain systems offline.

One of the largest non-profit healthcare providers in the US has been hit by a suspected ransomware attack which has already impacted multiple locations around the country. CommonSpirit claims to run over 1000 sites and 140 hospitals in 21 states. In a brief message yesterday it said it had “identified an IT security issue” affecting some facilities.

“We have taken certain systems offline. We are continuing to investigate this issue and follow existing protocols for system outages,” it continued. “We are grateful to our staff and physicians, who are doing everything possible to minimize the impact to our patients. We take our responsibility to our patients very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience.”

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