Puerto Rico’s Caribbean Medical Center Reports Cyberattack, Says Operations Continue

Summary

Caribbean Medical Center says monitoring systems detected and stopped an intrusion. Its hospital network is operating normally while specialists assess the incident’s scope; the event date was not disclosed.

Key points

• Hospital officials said monitoring systems detected illegal activity in Caribbean Medical Center’s information systems.
• The activity was stopped after internal response protocols were activated with help from external cybersecurity experts.
• The hospital network was reported to be operating normally; officials did not specify when the incident occurred.
• The center notified relevant authorities and is assessing the incident’s scope; no data compromise was reported.
• Corrective measures included additional monitoring, infrastructure updates and strengthened security protocols.

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