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MISSOURI , US
Ascension , one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States , took some of its systems offline to investigate what it describes as a ‘ cybersecurity event ’.
A statement from the Missouri headquartered company reads : “ Ascension continues to make progress towards restoration and recovery following the recent ransomware attack . We continue to work with industry leading forensic experts from Mandiant to conduct our investigation into this attack and understand the root cause and how this incident occurred .
“ In parallel , we have brought in additional cybersecurity experts from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and from CYPFER to help supplement our rebuild and restoration efforts . We are focused on getting systems back up and running as safely and as quickly as possible . We are also working on reconnecting with our vendors with the help of our recovery experts .
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NORTH CAROLINA , US
Ransomware group Blacksuit has claimed it was responsible for a cyberattack on plasma donation company Octapharma Plasma . The North Carolina-based organisation posted messages on its Facebook page stating that all of its centres were experiencing network issues and remained closed . A statement read : “ We apologise sincerely for the inconvenience and our support teams are working tirelessly to resolve this issue .”
Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world , developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and human cell lines .
“ Our priority remains providing quality patient care and relaying up-to-date information when available as we work through this recovery process .”
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