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ST. MARGARET’S HEALTH IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL TO CITE A CYBERATTACK AS A REASON
FOR ITS CLOSURE

June 13, 2023  By Pierluigi Paganini




ST. MARGARET’S HEALTH IN ILLINOIS IS PARTLY CLOSING OPERATIONS AT ITS HOSPITALS
DUE TO A 2021 RANSOMWARE ATTACK THAT IMPACTED ITS PAYMENT SYSTEM.

In February 2021a ransomware attack hit the St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois
and forced the organization to shutdown of IT infrastructure at the Spring
Valley hospital to contain the threat.

The cyber attack did not impact the Peru branch because it relies on a separate
infrastructure


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The payment system was taken offline for months, which caused delays in the
billing of medical treatments for the patients with a significant economic
impact on the healthcare organization.

Suzanne Stahl, the chair of SMP Health, the hospital’s parent organization,
explained that the closure of the hospital was planned last year due to multiple
factors, including the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

“Due to a number of factors, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the cyberattack on
the computer system of St. Margaret’s Health, and a shortage of staff, it has
become impossible to sustain our ministry,” Suzanne Stahl said in a video on
Facebook.



On June 16, St. Margaret’s Health will close the Peru branch and the Spring
Valley facility.

Suzanne Stahl also added that OSF HealthCare intends to purchase the hospital in
Peru.

The closure of the hospital will have a dramatic impact on residents, especially
those that are receiving medical treatment. The residents will be forced travel
more than an hour to reach another hospital with an emergency room. Imagine what
can happen in case of an heart attack.

“The hospital closure will have a profound impact on the well-being of our
community. This will be a challenging transition for many residents who rely on
our hospital for quality healthcare,” said Spring Valley’s mayor, Melanie
Malooley-Thompson.

St. Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason
for the ceasing of its activity, reported NBC News.

“There are countless examples of small businesses that have gone bankrupt
following ransomware attacks as they were unable to restore their systems or
afford to pay to get back up and running,” Errol Weiss, the chief security
officer for Health-ISAC, a nonprofit group that shares cyberthreat information
with hospitals, said in an email. “It’s tragic that we can now count a hospital
in this statistic.”

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Pierluigi Paganini

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PIERLUIGI PAGANINI

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and
Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he
is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer.
Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security
expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical
Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that
security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security
blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US.
Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some
major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island,
Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security
magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency
and Bitcoin”.




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