On Wednesday, May 8 Ascension reported that a suspected cybersecurity incident caused disruptions to its clinical operations; advising business partners to disconnect from its systems for the time being.
Investigations into the matter continue after unusual activity on its select technology network systems was detected. During the process of determining the impact and duration of the disruptions, some systems had been interrupted.
Ascension has said they've brought on cybersecurity firm Mandiant to assist in the investigation and correction process.
Source: Reuters