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.
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imagine a civilization reliant upon nanometer-thick silicon wafers.
Call it the homo-virus. It has had the same effect.
Imagine living in the 1300’s.
Vampires 🧛♂️ most affected
so those are the only two choices?
Where is the enforcement against these criminals?
Tied up looking for Jan 6 trespassers.
This is a Delta Force mission once the perps are identified.
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.
> 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.
We have the technology to put a man on the Moon.
That’s great except they are having problems taking, testing, and delivering...
I’d have no problem with a cruise missile or laser guided munition used on people who wreak this kind of havoc.
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?
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.
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?
The feature size is measured in nm. The wafer is around .5mm thick.
ah, of course, so indestructible. my bad.
The enforcement should include a hellfire through their window.
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