Ascension hospitals revert to paper after ransomware
A ransomware attack on the US hospital operator took down electronic health records across its network, diverting ambulances and forcing staff onto paper for weeks.
- Service
- Ascension
- Date
- 8 May 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM-Alliance ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Ascension hospitals revert to paper after ransomware”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 8 May 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-05-08-ascension-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM-Alliance, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/top-10-biggest-cyber-attacks-of-2024-25-other-attacks-to-know-about.
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