"Lockbit Ransomware Disrupts Emergency Care at German Hospitals"

German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) has recently confirmed that service disruptions at three hospitals were caused by a Lockbit ransomware attack.  The attack began in the early morning of December 24, 2023.  It severely impacted the systems that support the operations of three hospitals in Bielefeld, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, and Herford, Germany.  The cyberattack impacted these three hospitals which KHO operates: Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld (614 beds, ten specialist departments, 390 doctors and staff), Sankt Vinzenz Hospital Rheda-Wiedenbrück (614 beds, five specialist departments, 200 doctors and staff), and Mathilden Hospital Herford (614 beds, eight specialist departments, 230 doctors and staff).  KHO announced that patient treatment continues as normal in the impacted hospitals, and all clinic operations remain available, albeit with some technical restrictions.  Essential patient information remains accessible through the successful restoration of backups.  However, emergency care is unavailable in the three KHO hospitals, so people urgently needing medical care are diverted elsewhere, possibly resulting in critical delays.

BleepingComputer reports: "Lockbit Ransomware Disrupts Emergency Care at German Hospitals"