Flint hospital hit with cyber attack after hacker group Anonymous promises action on water crisis

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http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/flint-hospital-hit-cyber-attack-after-hacker-group-anonymous-promises-action-water-crisis

By Mike Miliard
Health Care IT News
January 25, 2016

Flint, Michigan-based Hurley Medical Center was targeted with a cyber 
attack this past week, soon after the hacktivist group Anonymous released 
a video promising "justice" for the city's ongoing water crisis.

The attack was confirmed by the hospital on Jan. 21.

"Hurley Medical Center has IT systems in place, which aid in detecting a 
virus or cyber attack," spokeswoman Ilene Cantor said, according to MLive. 
"As such, all policies and protocols were followed in relation to the 
most-recent cyber attack on our system. Patient care was not compromised 
and we are closely monitoring all systems to ensure IT security is 
consistently maintained."

Anonymous' posted a video online launching what it dubbed the #OpFlint 
campaign.

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