UNM Health diverts ambulances and cancels clinic appointments after cybersecurity incident
SECURITY NEWSUNM Healthredteam/daily · 1 source
- Severity
- High
- Sources
- 1
What happened
UNM Health detected a threat around 11 a.m. on 26 October and began containment, affecting some end-user devices but reportedly not core systems or servers. Ambulance diversion, clinic cancellations, and a pause in new patient intake from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. followed, with outpatient surgeries suspended. The incident is under criminal investigation and the organisation has not confirmed claims that patient, student and staff data was stolen. Defenders should monitor for phishing and fraud exploiting the event. No CVE, threat actor or malware is named in the reporting.
For security analysts · Written by AI from 1 source · Wrong?
What to do
- Be wary of phishing and fraud messages that refer to the UNM Health incident.
- Call 911 for emergencies and avoid visiting UNM Health facilities for non-emergencies until the organisation says it is safe to do so.
Written by AI from the sources, checked against them
Full story timeline · 1 update
Who reported · 1 outlet
Security Affairs
Who and what is in it
Companies