A major Maine health care provider's computer servers were hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, forcing the company to temporarily take all patient records offline.
Northern Light Health told News Center Maine that none of its patient records were on the affected servers, but it has shut down all servers as a precaution while it investigates the situation.
“We have discovered an anomaly in our system,” Northern Light Health Senior Vice President Suzanne Spruce said Saturday. “We looked at that and decided to take the server down out of an abundance of caution.”
The company said in a statement that there is no indication that the information is being held for ransom.
“Our teams worked around the clock this weekend to thoroughly investigate our servers and ensure they were operating properly,” the companies said in a statement posted online Sunday. “We continue this work through the night and expect electronic medical records to be back online by day tomorrow. This is a huge undertaking and our focus remains on our patients. Safety and privacy.
Patient care was not affected by the downtime and all Northern Light hospitals remained open throughout the weekend.
All servers were expected to be back online on Monday.
The source of the cyberattack on Northern Light Health is still unknown. The investigation into the cyber attack is ongoing.
Northern Light Health operates 10 hospitals and eight nursing homes in Maine and employs more than 10,000 people across the state.
