Chicago children's hospital offline for weeks after Rhysida attack
Lurie Children's Hospital took email, phones and its patient portal offline after a Rhysida attack, delaying some care for weeks; the gang demanded $3.6m for stolen data.
- Service
- Lurie Children's Hospital
- Date
- 1 February 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- BleepingComputer ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Chicago children's hospital offline for weeks after Rhysida attack”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 1 Feb 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-02-01-lurie-children-s-hospital-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: BleepingComputer, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rhysida-ransomware-wants-36-million-for-childrens-stolen-data/.
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