Blood donor with ties to Carolinas hit with cyberattack: Report

CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A new report shows a ransomware attack has hit non-profit OneBlood.

Experts say the attack could impact the blood supply going to the hospitals they serve. A majority of the issues are being reported in Florida right now, however, the non-profit does provide blood to hospitals in the Carolinas.

A spokesperson said they are working to mainly use processes and procedures to get blood to where it needs to go.

OneBlood hasn’t released any information on whether there’s been a data leak of personal information, but donor records are required to be retained, per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

If personal information has been compromised, OneBlood intends to provide a credit monitoring service for donors.

The full scope of the event has yet to be determined, but OneBlood’s senior vice president of corporate communications and public relations, Susan Forbes, said the organization is “working diligently to restore full functionality to our systems as expeditiously as possible.”

Many North and South Carolina hospitals have been impacted due to the cyberattack.

North Carolina

• Annie Penn Hospital
  618 S Main St. Reidsville, NC 27320
• Atrium Health Anson
  2301 US Hwy 74 W Lumberton, NC 28360
• Atrium Health Cabarrus
  920 Church Street North Concord, NC 28025
• Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC)
  1000 Blythe Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203
• Atrium Health Cleveland
  201 E Grover St Shelby, NC 28150
• Atrium Health Kings Mountain
  706 W King St. Kings Mountain, NC 28086
• Atrium Health Lincoln
  433 McAlister Road Lincolnton, NC 28092
• Atrium Health Pineville
  10628 Park Road Charlotte, NC 28210
• Atrium Health Stanly
  301 Yadkin St. Albemarle, NC 28001

South Carolina

• Beaufort Memorial Hospital
  955 Ribaut Road Beaufort, SC 29902-5454
• Coastal Carolina Hospital (CCH)
  1000 Medical Center Drive Hardeeville, SC 29927
• East Cooper Medical Center (ECMC)
  2000 Hospital Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
• Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bluffton, SC
  107 Seagrass Station Rd Bluffton, SC 29910
• Encompass Health Rehabilitation of Rock Hill
  1795 Dr Frank Gaston Blvd Rock Hill, SC 29732
• Hilton Head Hospital (HHMC)
  25 Hospital Center Blvd Hilton Head, SC 29926
• Piedmont Medical Center
  222 S Herlong Ave Rock Hill, SC 29732

WFLA’s Kiley Petracek in Tampa, Florida contributed to this article.

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