Officials from Lurie Children's Hospital provided an update Wednesday afternoon on a cyberattack that forced the hospital to take systems offline last week.
After last week's cyberattack took systems offline, Lurie Children's Hospital officials confirmed Wednesday the attack came from a "known criminal threat."Officials from Lurie Children's Hospital provided an update Wednesday afternoon on a cyberattack that forced the hospital to take systems offline last week.
Cybersecurity experts said depending on the size and complexity of the network, it can take several weeks to recover from a cyberattack."It can depend on the plan that the organization already has in place to be able to address an incident, like whether they have back up," Cybersecurity expert and CEO of Network Perception Robin Berthier said.
"They are looking at security at the work station level, mobile services, PCs, Macs. And they are also looking at the system level, who has access to the server," Cybersecurity expert and CMIT Solutions president Jeremy Treister said. If they are not already doing it, experts agreed Lurie Children's must institute a robust ongoing security program for all employees. That means everyone must know the importance of managing passwords, logins and other related items.
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