One user said they had a lot of paperwork as the computers were shut down. Another user said they had to send their patients away, but the lab operations were working fine. However, they didn't have any computer-based access to anything. Another user said that their UHS was shut down. The employees had to handwrite everything and were not allowed to use their computers.
UHS, in its official statement, said, "The I.T. Network across Universal Health Services (UHS) facilities is currently offline, as the company works through a security incident caused by malware. The cyberattack occurred early Sunday morning when the company shut down all networks across the U.S. enterprise. We have no indication that any patient or employee data has been accessed, copied, or misused. The company's U.K. operations have not been impacted." However, UHS has not cleared the type of cyberattack it experienced, but the employees say it is likely to be Ryuk ransomware.
According to one UHS employee, all the encrypted files had a .ryk extension. Hacked computers also had a ransom note labeled as 'shadow of the universe,' which the Ryuk ransomware uses in its attacks. Em ..
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