Ardent Health Services Impacted By Ransomware Attack

A Nashville, Tenn.-based healthcare company, Ardent Health Services, has been hit with ransomware, causing its facilities to reschedule elective procedures and divert some emergency room patients to other local hospitals until systems are back online.

Ardent owns and operates 30 hospitals and 200 healthcare sites (including medical centers, cancer centers, rehabilitation centers and more) across six states. The healthcare provider first became aware of the attack on Nov. 23, and is currently working with third-party threat intelligence and forensic companies, …

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