Barbados
BRB
Queen Elizabeth Hospital cyber incident disrupts radiology and medication delivery
A December 12, 2022 cyber incident disabled internet-dependent hospital systems at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados. The hospital postponed non-emergency radiology appointments, could not assign some clinic appointments electronically, diverted new outpatient prescriptions and suspended medicine home deliveries, while departments used manual workarounds. The delivery service resumed February 23, 2023.
88
Estimated severity
88 / 100
98
Source reliability
98 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-12-12
Targeted Company
QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
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
Barbados
Affected countries
Barbados
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
73 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Order fulfillment or delivery disruptionPlanning or scheduling disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Customer ServiceDistribution & FulfillmentInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
gisbarbados.gov.bbhttps://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/temporary-changes-at-qeh-due-to-internet-outage/qehconnect.comhttps://www.qehconnect.com/qeh-pharmacy-reinstates-medication-delivery-service/gisbarbados.gov.bbhttps://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/qeh-cyber-security-incident-update/cbc.bbhttps://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/temporary-changes-at-the-qeh-following-cyber-security-incident/