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BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Eye Care Associates Inc., the largest ophthalmology and optometry practice in the region, was the victim of a ransomware attack two weeks ago that locked – and still locks – its computer systems.
As of this posting, the computer system is still down, although operations should be fully restored in “the next day or two,” Mary Jo Sierra, director of operators, said Tuesday.
No patient data or other sensitive information was stolen, she emphasized.
At 4 a.m. July 28 an “unknown computer hacking software had taken control of the entire Eye Care Associates computer system and locked them out until [an] unknown ransom was paid,” states the incident report filed Monday with the Beaver Township Police Department. “Sierra stated that she had reported the intrusion of the computer software to her board of directors and the third-party IT business, GBS, who Eye Care currently uses for backing up files and storing data.”
The attack failed in that the directors of the physician-owned medical practice decided not to respond to an email that would tell them how much money had to be paid to the unlock the system, says a data processor with the local office of Global Business Solutions Corp., based in Newport, Ky.
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As of this posting, the computer system is still down, although operations should be fully restored in “the next day or two,” Mary Jo Sierra, director of operators, said Tuesday.
No patient data or other sensitive information was stolen, she emphasized.
At 4 a.m. July 28 an “unknown computer hacking software had taken control of the entire Eye Care Associates computer system and locked them out until [an] unknown ransom was paid,” states the incident report filed Monday with the Beaver Township Police Department. “Sierra stated that she had reported the intrusion of the computer software to her board of directors and the third-party IT business, GBS, who Eye Care currently uses for backing up files and storing data.”
The attack failed in that the directors of the physician-owned medical practice decided not to respond to an email that would tell them how much money had to be paid to the unlock the system, says a data processor with the local office of Global Business Solutions Corp., based in Newport, Ky.
Eye Care Associates Hit by Ransomware Attack
BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Eye Care Associates Inc., the largest ophthalmology and optometry practice in the region, was the victim of a ransomware attack two weeks ago that locked – and still locks – its computer systems.
businessjournaldaily.com
