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Ransomware Attack Keeps UMMC Clinics Closed Statewide as Recovery Effort Intensifies

Specialized FBI teams with national vendors lead recovery efforts.

Overview

  • UMMC clinics across Mississippi remain closed and elective outpatient procedures are postponed as the cyberattack continues into the weekend.
  • Hospitals and emergency departments stay open using paper-based downtime workflows after access to the Epic electronic health record was lost.
  • Phone and email systems remain unreliable, with the dialysis clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall operating as an exception.
  • UMMC took network systems offline for safety and brought in three national cyber-forensics, recovery and security firms, with specialized FBI teams onsite.
  • Attackers have communicated with UMMC, no group has publicly claimed responsibility, and officials are investigating potential data exposure in what is expected to be a multi-day disruption.