Cyberattack on Massachusetts hospital disrupted records system, emergency services

The string of damaging cyberattacks against U.S. healthcare facilities continued this week as an incident knocked out the electronic health records system at a Massachusetts hospital and caused the facility to turn away ambulances on Christmas Day. Anna Jaques Hospital, about 35 miles north of Boston, was “open to all patients” on Friday as it

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