OneBlood, a large not-for-profit blood center that serves hospitals and patients in the United States, is dealing with an IT systems outage caused by a ransomware attack.
The organization plays a critical role in ensuring a stable blood supply to the Southeastern part of the country, collecting, testing, and distributing a large volume of blood products. because of this, there are concerns about surgeries and treatments being impacted.
BleepingComputer has received an anonymous tip from one of our readers yesterday who reported that OneBlood was having issues collecting blood samples at its donor centers and through mobile donation buses.
Today, the organization disclosed that a ransomware attack has impacted its software systems and is working with local and federal agencies to respond to the situation appropriately.
"Our comprehensive response efforts are ongoing, and we are working diligently to restore full functionality to our systems as expeditiously as possible,"
stated OneBlood’s senior vice president, Susan Forbes.
Currently, the firm has fallen back to using manual processes, which are time-consuming and inevitably create inventory availability issues.
"Although OneBlood remains operational and continues to collect, test and distribute blood, they are operating at a significantly reduced capacity," said OneBlood.
