HSS disabled some of its computers and systems as a result of the incident, the post said. Patient care is proceeding while staff works to restore systems, but delays are expected.
The outage affected Microsoft Windows programs using cybersecurity from CrowdStrike, The Washington Post reported July 19. CrowdStrike’s CEO said the incident wasn’t a cyberattack and that the issue was “identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
Other groups including New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering, Boston-based Mass General Brigham and Lexington-based University of Kentucky Healthcare made adjustments to their services as a result of the outage.
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