Germany
DEU
Mathilden Hospital Herford cyberattack (Dec 24, 2023)
On 24/12/2023, Mathilden Hospital Herford suffered an IT outage after intruders accessed hospital IT systems and encrypted data. KHO stated the attack was probably by LockBit 3.0. Systems were shut down as a precaution; patient care continued with technical limitations and emergency care was temporarily suspended.
70
Estimated severity
70 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
24/12/2023
Targeted Company
MATHILDEN HOSPITAL HERFORD
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Germany
Affected countries
Germany
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruptionERP or business system disruption
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
LOCKBIT
Sources
Incident Sources
mathilden-hospital.dehttps://www.mathilden-hospital.de/mat/aktuelles/meldungen/it-systemausfall.phpbleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-disrupts-emergency-care-at-german-hospitalsscworld.comhttps://www.scworld.com/brief/german-hospitals-targeted-by-lockbit-ransomware-attacksecurityaffairs.comhttps://securityaffairs.com/156545/cyber-crime/lockbit-ransomware-hit-german-hospital-network-network.html