Los Angeles-based Pacific Alliance Medical Center has disclosed that it was hit by a ransomware attack, potentially breaching protected health information of its patients.
On June 14, the hospital discovered its servers were compromised and files were encrypted. Officials said PAMC turned to its incident and recovery procedures and shut down networked computer systems to prevent spreading the virus.
The provider’s IT team conducted the initial investigation that revealed several PAMC computers were impacted in the attack. Officials said the virus was removed and the data was decrypted.
