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Subscriber only Hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyber-attack that sent four private hospitals and aged care facilities into a technology meltdown. UnitingCare revealed in a statement released on Wednesday that the attack came from the same group that targeted tech giant Apple and stole confidential information, known as REvil/Sodin. The Wesley Hospital has also been impacted. Picture: Mark Cranitch..
The cyber-attack occurred on Anzac Day, and impacted the Wesley and St Andrews War Memorial hospitals in Brisbane, Buderim Private Hospital on the Sunshine Coast and St Stephen s Hospital in Hervey Bay. The attack forced staff to switch to paper-based operations.
Cyberattack Affects UnitingCare Network, Hospitals in Queensland
Australian community services organisation UnitingCare experienced a cyberattack on Sunday, reportedly affecting at least two hospitals in its vast network in Queensland.
The Wesley and St Andrews hospitals reportedly issued text messages to visiting medical staff at 2.20 p.m. on Monday advising them about the cybersecurity incident, The Courier Mail reported.
In a statement provided to The Epoch Times, a UnitingCare Queensland (UCQ) spokesperson said the cyber incident affected the organisation’s Digital and Technology systems, which are currently inaccessible. General view of The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, Australia on June 7, 2013. (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
Two Brisbane hospitals and aged care systems impacted after cyberattack
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IT systems at two Brisbane hospitals and several aged care facilities remained crippled on Tuesday, two days after their operator was hit by a cyberattack, forcing staff to switch to manual processes.
It remained unknown when the UnitingCare facilities, including the Wesley and St Andrews War Memorial hospitals, would have their systems restored after Sunday’s attack.
The Wesley Hospital, in Brisbane s inner-west.
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UnitingCare’s operational systems, including internal staff email and patient operation booking, were impacted.
By Ry Crozier on Apr 26, 2021 8:58PM
Ransomware infection reportedly impacts hospitals and aged care facilities.
UnitingCare Queensland, a provider of hospital and aged care services, said some of its digital and technology systems were rendered “inaccessible” by a cyber attack on Sunday.
9News in Queensland reported the attack as a ransomware infection that all hospitals and aged care homes run by the organisation with IT systems.
Hospitals run by UnitingCare Queensland include The Wesley Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital, both in Brisbane, St Stephen s Hospital in Hervey Bay, and Buderim Private Hospital on the Sunshine Coast.
The facilities had resorted to manual, paper-based workarounds, according to the