Reported Cyberattack Disrupts Care at Louisiana’s Green Clinic

Summary

Green Clinic staff in Ruston reportedly lost access to electronic records and appointment schedules after systems went down Friday. The clinic has not confirmed a cyberattack, data theft, or a cause, and no restoration notice was reported.

Key points

• Staff said systems went down Friday, leaving many doctors unable to access electronic records and appointment schedules; some continued visits using paper records.
• The reported disruption affected the main Ruston clinic. It was unclear whether Green Clinic’s other sites were affected.
• Staff reportedly could not contact patients to cancel appointments because schedules and contact information were unavailable.
• Unnamed sources attributed the outage to a group called Wallstreet, but the clinic has not confirmed the cause or attributed the disruption to a group. The alleged messages were not reviewed, and no ransom demand was confirmed.
• Whether patient records were stolen, deleted, or simply inaccessible was unknown; the clinic had not disclosed a data-exposure finding.
• No verified public notice that systems had been restored had emerged by Thursday. The clinic and its owner had not publicly confirmed the incident’s cause.