Canada
CAN
SickKids confirms ransomware; lab/imaging delays and longer wait times
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) confirmed a ransomware attack that caused delays retrieving laboratory and imaging results, leading to longer wait times. The hospital said some systems could be offline for weeks while urgent and scheduled care continued under mitigations.
50
Estimated severity
50 / 100
93
Source reliability
93 / 100
Approximate Date
18/12/2022
Targeted Company
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
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
Canada
Affected countries
Canada
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationOperational disruptionPlanning or scheduling disruption
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
No information
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
LOCKBIT
Sources
Incident Sources
sickkids.cahttps://www.sickkids.ca/en/news/archive/2022/update-on-sickkids-response-to-cybersecurity-incidentglobalnews.cahttps://globalnews.ca/news/9367174/ransomware-attack-sickkids-torontohealthcareitnews.comhttps://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/lockbit-ransomware-group-apologizes-childrens-hospital-cyberattack