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Security Magazine: Illinois Hospital Attributes Closure to Ransomware Attack

Jun 20, 2023

In what seems to be the first announcement of its kind, two rural healthcare facilities closed last week citing a ransomware attack as part of the reasons why. According to reports, St. Margaret's Health in Peru and Spring Valley Illinois, closed all operations as of June 16. In May, Chair of the hospital’s parent company SMP Health, Suzanna Stahl, announced the hospital would close sometime this year in a Facebook video.