Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance

The IT system of the Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance was targeted in a ransomware attack.

The emergency departments in both Listowel and Wingham remain open and operational but the non-urgent hospital visitors were expected to wait longer.

However, a full team of experts was engaged in assisting the hospital to recover from this outage.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/rural-hospitals-in-southwest-ontario-hit-by-ransomware-attack-1.5301947

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/listowel-wingham-hospitals-alliance

"id": "lis214371122",
"linkid": "listowel-wingham-hospitals-alliance",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "09/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': ['Listowel', 'Wingham'],
                        'name': 'Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance',
                        'type': 'Hospital'}],
 'description': 'The IT system of the Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance was '
                'targeted in a ransomware attack. The emergency departments in '
                'both Listowel and Wingham remain open and operational but the '
                'non-urgent hospital visitors were expected to wait longer. '
                'However, a full team of experts was engaged in assisting the '
                'hospital to recover from this outage.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Longer wait times for non-urgent hospital '
                                   'visitors'],
            'systems_affected': ['IT System']},
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Full team of experts engaged'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Listowel Wingham Hospital Alliance',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}