NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A cyberattack has forced doctors and nurses at three Brooklyn hospitals that serve patients from some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods to use pen and paper.
The hack on the One Brooklyn Health network — which includes Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center — occurred in late November, state health officials said Monday.
The intrusion shut down all workstations used to retrieve and log patient charts as well as order prescriptions.
It's unclear whether it was a ransomware attack that demanded money.
Brooklyn Health CEO Laray Brown said in a statement that the group will "continue to work diligently with the support of third-party advisors, including industry-leading cybersecurity specialists, to ensure that our systems are brought back online as quickly and safely as possible, and in a way that prioritizes patient care."
"At this time, a number of clinical applications have also been restored, including those used for imaging and other critical services, and our cybersecurity specialists have successfully restored access to a significant number of workstations for staff use," Brown continued. "In the meantime, all of our hospitals and facilities are open, and we continue to provide care for our patients using well-established downtime procedures for which our clinicians and administrators are extensively trained."
State Health Department spokesman Jeffrey Hammond told the New York Post late Monday that the department "is aware of an incident and is working with One Brooklyn Network to ensure patient safety."
Nick Biasini, with cybersecurity firm Cisco Talos, said this is becoming a major business for cartels.
"There's just so much money out there right now that it's becoming incredibly attractive for criminals to look at," he said.
This is the latest hack to hit New York, following a similar attack on the Suffolk County government in September.
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