Texas hospital diverts patients after ransomware
A ransomware-caused IT outage at UMC Health System in Lubbock forced it to divert emergency patients for days.
- Service
- UMC Health System
- Date
- 26 September 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM-Alliance ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Texas hospital diverts patients after ransomware”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 26 Sep 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-09-26-umc-health-system-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/september-2024-major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks.
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