"Cyber-Incident Causes System Failures at Canadian Children's Hospital"

A leading pediatric hospital in Canada has been hit by a cyberattack, causing several network systems to go down.  The Hospital for Sick Children, known as SickKids, based in Toronto, Canada, informed the public of the ongoing cyber-incident in a Twitter post on December 20, 2022.  The company revealed that it has activated "Code Grey" – system failure due to the incident, which first occurred at 9:30 pm ET on Sunday, December 18.  The hospital noted that the attack has so far "only impacted a few internal clinical and corporate systems, as well as some hospital phone lines and webpages." Downtime procedures have been activated where needed.  SickKids reassured patients that care remains unaffected, although there may be difficulties with calling the hospital and accessing some of its web pages.  It added that there is currently no evidence that any personal data or personal health information has been impacted.  With the nature and scope of the incident under investigation, the public has been told to check the SickKids Twitter page (SickKids_The Hospital) for further updates.

Infosecurity reports: "Cyber-Incident Causes System Failures at Canadian Children's Hospital"