A cyberattack has targeted a blood-donation nonprofit that provides services to hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern United States. The incident, suspected to be a ransomware attack, has raised concerns about the organization's ability to serve hospitals in the region.
The hack has caused an 'outage' in the software system of OneBlood, the nonprofit in question, affecting its capacity to ship blood products to hospitals in Florida. In response to the disruption, OneBlood has resorted to manually labeling blood products as it works to recover from the cyber incident.
An advisory issued by the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a cyberthreat-sharing group, highlighted the impact of the software system outage on OneBlood's operations. The nonprofit, which serves over 300 hospitals across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, is currently grappling with the aftermath of the cyberattack.
Despite the severity of the situation, OneBlood has not yet provided any official comments regarding the incident. The nonprofit's silence has left many health care providers and hospitals in the region uncertain about the potential implications of the cyberattack on blood supply and distribution.
The attack on OneBlood underscores the growing threat of cybercrime against critical infrastructure and essential services. As investigations into the incident continue, stakeholders are closely monitoring the situation to assess the full extent of the damage and ensure the swift recovery of the affected nonprofit.
