Cyberattack Disrupts OneBlood Services in Florida
A cyberattack has impacted OneBlood, a blood-donation nonprofit serving hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern United States. The attack has led to an outage of OneBlood's software system, hindering its ability to ship blood products to hospitals in Florida. The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center has issued an advisory to healthcare providers regarding the incident, which is being investigated as a potential ransomware attack.
As a result of the attack, OneBlood has resorted to manually labeling blood products while it works to recover its systems. The disruption has raised concerns about the potential impact on OneBlood's services to hospitals, particularly in Florida. OneBlood serves over 300 hospitals across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
