Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-11-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Kingston Health Sciences Centre has confirmed a cyberattack on its hospital systems, which affected both internal and external communications. The attack had a temporary impact on internet and email access.