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Ransomware infection cuts off blood supply to 250+ hospitals
The Register ^ | 7/31/24

Posted on 08/01/2024 11:50:34 AM PDT by EBH

A ransomware attack against blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood, which services more than 250 American hospitals, has "significantly reduced" the org's ability to take, test, and distribute blood.

In a notice today, OneBlood revealed the intrusion disrupted a "software system," and had forced the organization to use manual processes and procedures to remain operational. The outfit provides blood for healthcare facilities across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

"Manual processes take significantly longer to perform and impact inventory availability," OneBlood spokesperson Susan Forbes explained in a statement.

"In an effort to further manage the blood supply we have asked the more than 250 hospitals we serve to activate their critical blood shortage protocols and to remain in that status for the time being."

Other blood centers across the US are sending blood and platelets to OneBlood, with the AABB Disaster Task Force coordinating the national response. And while all blood types are in demand, the nonprofit says there's an urgent need for O Positive, O Negative, and platelet donations.

The org is working with cybersecurity specialists and government agencies to respond to the intrusion.

(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; Unclassified; War
KEYWORDS: 2024; 202407; bloodsupply; hackers; oneblood; ransomeware; terrosit
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Okay...hmmm...
1 posted on 08/01/2024 11:50:34 AM PDT by EBH
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imagine a civilization reliant upon nanometer-thick silicon wafers.


2 posted on 08/01/2024 11:55:34 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: EBH

Call it the homo-virus. It has had the same effect.


3 posted on 08/01/2024 11:56:56 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: xoxox

Imagine living in the 1300’s.


4 posted on 08/01/2024 12:04:18 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: EBH

Vampires 🧛‍♂️ most affected


5 posted on 08/01/2024 12:04:24 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: CodeToad

so those are the only two choices?


6 posted on 08/01/2024 12:08:46 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: EBH

Where is the enforcement against these criminals?


7 posted on 08/01/2024 12:10:12 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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Where is the enforcement against these criminals?

Tied up looking for Jan 6 trespassers.

8 posted on 08/01/2024 12:10:56 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: EBH

This is a Delta Force mission once the perps are identified.


9 posted on 08/01/2024 12:11:13 PM PDT by Salvavida
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O positive donors can donate to any positive patients.

Anyone with an Rh positive blood type can receive O positive red blood cells – so that’s A positive, B positive and AB positive as well as O positive. That means 3 in 4 people, or around 76% of the population, can benefit from your donation.


10 posted on 08/01/2024 12:22:56 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Camel Hairs should be addressed as a Czarina, installed by a Palace Coup, not by any elections!)
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> Where is the enforcement against these criminals? <

We have the technology to put a man on the Moon. But we are evidently helpless against Internet criminals who prey on businesses and private individuals.

I dunno. Maybe there’s just no money in it for the Deep State.


11 posted on 08/01/2024 12:23:47 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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We have the technology to put a man on the Moon.


We did, a half-century ago. Right now getting astronauts to and from the ISS some 250 miles in ‘space”, seems to be a bridge too far.


12 posted on 08/01/2024 12:29:54 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: Grampa Dave

That’s great except they are having problems taking, testing, and delivering...


13 posted on 08/01/2024 12:35:52 PM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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To: Salvavida

I’d have no problem with a cruise missile or laser guided munition used on people who wreak this kind of havoc.


14 posted on 08/01/2024 12:40:19 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: EBH
What poor excuses for humans would cause such a thing?

And related......

Imagine if we Americans were forced into being a cashless society and the ransom attackers figured out a weakness in the security matrix?

15 posted on 08/01/2024 12:54:45 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: xoxox

Thinking you should live without computers pretty much says it doesn’t matter what period of time you choose if you’re going to be a Luddite.


16 posted on 08/01/2024 12:58:55 PM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: EBH

Computers which are known to be hacked or shut down at any time have to have back ups or alternatives for critical things. If they don’t things like this happen. How did blood supplies work before computerization?


17 posted on 08/01/2024 1:00:49 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xoxox

The feature size is measured in nm. The wafer is around .5mm thick.


18 posted on 08/01/2024 1:04:50 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: fretzer

ah, of course, so indestructible. my bad.


19 posted on 08/01/2024 1:33:58 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: SaxxonWoods

The enforcement should include a hellfire through their window.


20 posted on 08/01/2024 2:03:00 PM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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