OneBlood Details

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    OneBlood

    employees • Healthcare

    United States

    Industry

    Healthcare

    Security Incidents

    1

    OneBlood is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) community asset responsible for providing safe blood products.

    Security Incidents

    OneBlood Breach of Jul 2024
    Severity Score
    Significant to High

    Type

    Ransomware Attack

    Summary

    OneBlood, a non-profit organization providing blood donations to hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern U.S., experienced a ransomware attack that severely impacted its software systems. In response, OneBlood initiated manual processes and procedures as part of its business continuity plan. This has allowed the organization to continue collecting, testing, and distributing blood, albeit at a significantly reduced capacity, leading to impacts on inventory availability.

    To manage the situation, OneBlood has coordinated with more than 250 hospitals it serves to activate critical blood shortag...
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    Severity

    OneBlood had to revert to manual processes, significantly reducing their operational capacity and impacting blood inventory availability. This forced over 250 hospitals to activate critical blood shortage protocols, creating a resource strain that required national assistance, including support from the AABB Disaster Task Force and blood centers across the country.

    Although OneBlood continues to operate, the attack's considerable disruption mirrors a previous ransomware incident that severely affected NHS England, emphasizing the vulnerability of critical healthcare infrastructure to such so...
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    Impact

    OneBlood recently experienced a significant ransomware attack that severely impacted its software systems. As a result, the organization had to revert to manual processes, leading to a notable reduction in operational capacity. This shift has affected their ability to collect, test, and distribute blood efficiently, prompting them to urge the hospitals they serve to activate critical blood shortage protocols.

    While customer data exposure was not reported, the incident has disrupted the inventory availability, causing national blood centers to intervene and supply additional blood products. Th...
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