Security expert delves into Ascension St. Vincent cyberattack

"I think this is only going to get worse before it gets better," said John Boomershine, VP of security and Compliance withOn Wednesday, officials at Ascension St. Vincent detected"unusual activity on select technology network systems."

"Going to pen and paper is the only way they have to do it," said Boomershine."When you immediately go offline like that or you have to shut systems down quickly, getting to those paper records to understand the history of care."John Boomershine, VP of security and Compliance with BlackInk IT in Indianapolis, talks with 13News reporter Karen Campbell about cybersecurity.

Going after patient's personal information and threatening a hospital network to put that information on the dark web in exchange for money.

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