Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Jewish General Hospital
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Jewish General Hospital and its sister institutions are responding to what appears to be a computer virus that struck its information technology systems Wednesday evening. Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, executive director of the health authority in charge of the Jewish General, denied it was a ransomware attack, since no ransom has been requested.