IT staff help clinical providers set up new computers at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, on Nov 20, 2020. After the Oct 28 attack forced a shutdown of the hospital’s electronic medical records and other key systems, the IT department, with support from the Vermont National Guard’s cyber team, scanned thousands of computers for malware and replaced machines for hospital staff. — University of Vermont Health Network via AP
BURLINGTON, Vermont: By late morning on Oct 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working.
Then the Internet went down, and the Burlington-based centre’s technical infrastructure with it. Employees lost access to databases, digital health records, scheduling systems and other online tools they rely on for patient care.
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IT staff help clinical providers set up new computers at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, on Nov 20, 2020. After the Oct 28 attack forced a shutdown of the hospital’s electronic medical records and other key systems, the IT department, with support from the Vermont National Guard’s cyber team, scanned thousands of computers for malware and replaced machines for hospital staff. — University of Vermont Health Network via AP
IT staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, continue work to scan thousands of the hospital's computer systems for malware on Nov 20, 2020, after the Oct 28 cyberattack forced a shut down of the hospital's electronic medical records system and other key systems. — University of Vermont Health Network via AP
Buses travel through the main campus of the University of Vermont Medical Center, on Nov 20, 2020, in Burlington, Vt. The hospital network is still recovering from a massive digital disruption in October, signaling the dangers of cyberattacks on the nation's health care system during a surge of Covid-19. — AP
Computers impacted by a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center wait to be replaced. — University of Vermont Health Network via AP
A sign in honour of hospital personnel stands outside the main entrance of the University of Vermont Medical Center, in Burlington, Vermont. — AP
A patient account representative at the University of Vermont Medical Center runs paper lab orders on Nov 20, 2020. After the Oct 28, cyberattack, administrators scrambled to keep the hospital operational – cancelling non-urgent appointments, reverting to pen-and-paper record keeping and rerouting some critical care patients to nearby hospitals. — University of Vermont Health Network via AP
