Cybersecurity incident — 2020-02-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Allergy Partners
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Federal authorities are investigating the ransomware attack that caused a network outage at Allergy Partners locations in the mountains.

The attack happened on Feb. 23 and continued for eight days as hackers wanted a king's ransom of $1.75 million, according to a report filed with Asheville Police Department.