![]() ![]() ![]() The hackers left a ransom note on every server, demanding the hospital pay $3 million in Bitcoin in the next few days. The information technology team at Johnson Memorial discovered a ransomware group had infiltrated the health system's networks. "My chief of nursing said, 'Well, it looks like we got hacked.'" David Dunkle, CEO of the health system based in Franklin, Indiana. "I remember like it was yesterday," says Dr. They were just coming out of a weeks-long surge of COVID hospitalizations and deaths, fueled by the Delta variant.īut on Friday, October 1, at 3 a.m., the hospital CEO's phone rang with an urgent call. ![]() It was October 2021 and the staff at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breaths. ![]()
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