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The emergency room at Topeka's University of Kansas Health System-St. Francis has been affected by a recent ransomware attack upon one of its owners, Ardent Health Services.. St. Francis was among ...
The system was put in place as Ardent Health Services, a healthcare company that owns 30 hospitals and more than 200 care sites, works to come back from a ransomware attack.
Multiple hospitals across four states shut down emergency services after hackers attacked Ardent Health Services on Thanksgiving Day, locking up their computer networks and demanding a ransom payment.
Currently, the University of Texas system owns a 30% share in the hospital while Ardent Health owns a 70% share. [7] In February 2020, Ardent Health Services president and CEO David T. Vandewater announced his plans to retire from the company. He will remained as president and CEO until a successor was named. [8]
University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus (KU Topeka), formerly known as St. Francis Health Center is a for-profit hospital and branch of the University of Kansas Medical School in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The hospital was founded in 1909 by the Catholic organization Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth.
The outreach to Ardent Health was part of a program CISA began this year to try to warn organizations in critical industries that they risk falling victim to ransomware attacks unless they take ...
Mercy Health Center – Fort Scott (closed in 2018) [5] Mercy Hospital – Independence (closed in 2015) [6] Rainbow Mental Health Facility – Kansas City; Topeka State Hospital – Topeka (closed in 1997)
Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the U.S., said Monday that it had been the victim of a severe ransomware attack in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, forcing it to take action.