Germany
DEU
Medatixx cyberattack severely disrupts practice-software vendor operations
Attackers encrypted important internal IT components of German medical-software vendor medatixx in early November 2021, severely impairing company operations and customer-support availability. Healthcare authorities stated that customers’ installed medical practice systems were not themselves disabled.
74
Estimated severity
74 / 100
86
Source reliability
86 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-11-03
Targeted Company
MEDATIXX
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
Operational disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
datenschutz.hessen.dehttps://datenschutz.hessen.de/datenschutz/gesundheitswesen/cyberattacke-auf-medatixx-gmbh-co-kgaerzteblatt.dehttps://www.aerzteblatt.de/news/cyberattacke-auf-medatixx-aerzte-sollen-passwoerter-aendern-56b7ff69-6857-44fe-bc3f-cfb6c0adef45gematik.dehttps://www.gematik.de/newsroom/news-detail/aktuelles-wichtige-informationen-zur-cyberattacke-der-medatixx-gmbh