FBI investigates Connecticut ransomware attack

Eastern Connecticut Network and Waterbury Health confirmed that they are experiencing delivery disruptions as part of cyberattacks that hit on Thursday, according to a 8 report.

ECHN and Waterbury Health, part of Los Angeles-based Medical Holdings, which owns 16 and more than 165 clinics and outpatient centers in California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas.

“It was a ransomware attack,” Jillian Menzel, ECHN’s chief operating officer, told the local Connecticut news outlet.

“We are unsure at this of the extent of that attack. We have a prospect team that is working on that. There’s a national center that is working on that currently,” she reportedly said.

On its page, Waterbury Health confirmed its computer systems are down and clinical staff have resorted to paper records, News 8 said. The report also says that Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital’s emergency departments are diverting ambulance services.

In a statement the outlet said it received, Robert Fuller, special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Haven Field Office, said there is no further information on the ongoing . As of press time, no statement has been posted in the office’s online press room.

No statements have been posted to Prospect Medical Holdings’ at this time.

Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
Email: afox@himss.org

Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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