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Whittier Hospital Third-Party Breach (December 2024)

πŸ“… 2024-12-01 🏒 PIH Health
Primary Source β†—

Incident Details

Californian Hospitals Continue to be Disrupted by Thanksgiving Ransomware Attacks. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Watsonville Community Hospital and PIH Health in California fell victim to ransomware attacks and continue to experience Watsonville Community Hospital and PIH Health in California are recovering from Thanksgiving weekend ransomware attacks. Jefferson Dental Center in Indiana has confirmed it has recovered from a November 15, 2024 ransomware attack. Watsonville Community Hospital in California is currently dealing with a cyberattack and is facing continued disruption to its computer systems. The hospital has implemented downtime protocols due to computer systems being unavailable and is recording patient information manually on charts and issuing paper prescriptions while its IT team and third-party IT specialists work to restore its computer systems. Third-party company: PIH Health.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
PIH Health
Supply Chain Attack
βœ… Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2024-12-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-12-09 Publicly disclosed