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As Hospitals Cope with a COVID-19 Surge, Cyber Threats Loom

Doctors and nurses taking care of patients in ICU. Team of frontline coworkers are treating man and woman. They are at hospital during COVID-19.

By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working. Then the internet went down, and the Burlington-based center’s technical infrastructure with it. Employees lost access to databases, digital health records, scheduling systems and other online tools they rely on for patient care. Administrators… Continue reading As Hospitals Cope with a COVID-19 Surge, Cyber Threats Loom