Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg discovered the incident on September 2023.
Two north country hospitals have been targeted in a cyber attack, but officials say there appears to be no breach of patient information.
The emergency departments at Carthage and Claxton have been placed on diversion, meaning other hospitals in the area have been informed and are ready to receive patients as needed.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ny-carthage-claxton-hepburn-hospitals-target-of-cyber-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/carthage-area-hospital
"id": "car224923",
"linkid": "carthage-area-hospital",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "09/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Carthage',
'name': 'Carthage Area Hospital',
'type': 'Hospital'},
{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Ogdensburg',
'name': 'Claxton Hepburn Medical Center',
'type': 'Hospital'}],
'date_detected': 'September 2023',
'description': 'Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in '
'Ogdensburg were targeted in a cyber attack. Officials report '
'no breach of patient information. The emergency departments '
'at both hospitals have been placed on diversion.',
'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Emergency departments on diversion'],
'systems_affected': ['Emergency Departments']},
'title': 'Cyber Attack on Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical '
'Center',
'type': 'Cyber Attack'}