Hackers Cripple Five Ontario Hospitals by Hitting a Single Service Provider

Five hospitals in Canada are unable to continue normal caretaking of patients
due to a cyberattack against their joint service provider. Non-emergency
patients are told to visit their local clinic.

TransForm Shared Service Organization is a shared service organization founded
by five hospitals in Erie St. Clair, Ontario, to manage their IT, supply chain
and accounts payable needs.

In a news release
[https://www.transformsso.ca/2023/10/23/immediate-release-systems-outage-update/]
issued Monday