Menominee clinic target of cyber attack

The Menominee Tribal Clinic announced that it was the target of a cybersecurity attack around Christmas. The attack affected the clinic’s servers. Officials said they took immediate action, suspending all affected systems, notifying authorities and activating third-party cyber team experts to resolve the situation. The clinic continues to work with its cyber team to assess and restore its networks and any necessary software updates. At this time, the clinic is not aware of any evidence that any patient or employee data has been compromised as a result of the attack. Additionally, neither the clinic nor the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin are aware of any evidence at this time that any other non-clinic tribal systems were affected. Full restoration of the clinic’s systems will take time, which will require the clinic to temporarily modify services available to its patients. Until full restoration, the clinic will continue to share updates on services provided via channels managed by the tribe (daily e-newsletter, MITW app and the tribe’s Facebook page).