The Keralty multinational healthcare organization suffered a RansomHouse ransomware attack on Sunday, disrupting the websites and operations of the company and its subsidiaries.
Keralty is a Colombian healthcare provider that operates an international network of 12 hospitals and 371 medical centers in Latin America, Spain, the US, and Asia. The group employs 24,000 people and 10,000 medical doctors who provide healthcare to over 6 million patients.
The company offers further healthcare services through its subsidiaries, Colsanitas, Sanitas USA, and EPS Sanitas.
The IT outages have impacted Colombia’s healthcare system, with local media reporting that patients have been waiting in line for over twelve hours to receive care and some patients fainting due to a lack of medical attention.
On Monday, Keralty stated they were suffering technical issues but did not disclose the cause.
However, Keralty issued another statement yesterday confirming that the disruption was caused by a cyberattack on their network, causing technical failures in their IT systems.
