The Lurie Children’s hospital in Chicago is still trying to restore its computer systems nearly a week after a cybersecurity incident prompted it to shut down its network. The hospital did not publicly acknowledge that it was related to cybersecurity until February 4.

Lurie Children’s Hospital says the outage has affected email, phones and some other electronic systems which has made scheduling, accessing medical records and prescription history difficult for patients and staff. Lurie has not given any details on the nature of the cybersecurity incident or whether a ransom has been demanded for full access to its systems. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page