Rural Healthcare Provider Closing Due in Part to Attack Woes

St. Margaret's Health Is Permanently Shutting Hospitals and Clinics
A rural Illinois medical system will shut down on Friday partly due to fallout from a 2021 ransomware incident as the toll of a wave of extortionate malware exacts rising costs from the healthcare industry. "These problems have no end in sight," said Mike Hamilton of security firm Critical Insight.

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