Cyber Attack Halts Radiation Treatment By Oahu Cancer Center
A cyber security breach temporarily halted cancer radiation treatment services at The Cancer Center of Hawaii on Oahu, the center acknowledged today.
The company, which conducts radiation treatment for cancer patients at two locations — Pali Momi Medical Center and St. Francis’ hospital campus in Liliha — confirmed Tuesday it experienced a computer network hack on Nov. 5. In response, the company shut down its network servers which temporarily kept them from being able to offer radiation services to cancer patients.
“We launched an investigation and determined that there was an outside attempt made to encrypt the data on our computers which temporarily disabled our network and our ability to deliver radiation treatments,” said Carolyn Voulgaridis, executive director of The Cancer Center of Hawaii. “While the forensic investigation is ongoing, at this time, there is no indication that patient or employee data was breached, accessed, or released.”
Voulgaridis said the company has reported the incident to the FBI and is working with a private computer forensics firm to investigate.
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