Northern Light Health's computer servers were hacked Saturday afternoon, but no patient records were compromised. The health system confirmed the news in a social media post Saturday night. During the hack, Northern Light says its patient records system was offline. Investigate server breaches. While the servers were down, Northern Light Health Hospital remained open. The health system said patient care is not affected, adding that staff are training for such situations. Northern Light Health went on to say in a Facebook post: “We are aware that there is misinformation out there regarding this situation. Much of this information is incorrect.” At this time, we have no reason to believe that our patient information has been compromised. We have not been contacted by any third party and there is no indication that our information is being held for ransom. We have complete control over patient information. HVAC and security systems. While investigating this incident, out of an abundance of caution, we decided to take all sensitive information systems, including electronic medical records, offline. This incident has been reported to the appropriate authorities. I will share the details. “We will provide information to our patients, staff, and community as it becomes available. In the meantime, we remain prepared to provide excellent care.”Maine's Total Coverage We have reached out to Northern Light Health for more information, but have not yet received one. I was asked back. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Northern Light Health's computer servers were hacked Saturday afternoon, but no patient records were compromised.
The health system confirmed the news in a social media post Saturday night.
During the hack, Northern Light said it took its patient records system offline while it began investigating the server breach.
Northern Light Health Hospital remained open while its servers were down. The health system said patient care is not affected, adding that staff are training for such situations.
Northern Light Health said in a Facebook post.
“We are aware that misinformation is being spread about this situation. Much of this information is incorrect. At this time, we have no reason to believe that patient information has been compromised. “We have no indication that our information is being held for ransom. We have full control of our HVAC and security systems. We use an abundance of caution to protect electronic medical records. “We have made the decision to take offline all of our sensitive information systems including our own.” “This incident is under investigation. This incident has been reported to the appropriate authorities. We will share more with the community. In the meantime, we remain ready to provide excellent care.”
Maine's Total Coverage reached out to Northern Light Health for more information about the breach, but did not receive a response.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
