Cybersecurity incident — 2023-12-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: LockBit 3.0
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) confirms that recent service disruptions at three hospitals (Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Sankt Vinzenz Hospital Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Mathilden Hospital Herford) were caused by a Lockbit ransomware attack.