争议事件

来源摘录

• The applicant is suing for ADA discrimination and refusal to provide reasonable accommodation.

• On Tuesday a case was filed in the Eastern District Court of Virginia. The case was filed by a former job applicant against Universal Health Services Inc. and alleged ADA discrimination in the healthcare company’s employment application process.

来源摘录

• Claims made by two of the plaintiffs who said that the data breach had made them vulnerable to fraud and identity theft were dismissed by US District Judge Gerald McHugh as too speculative in an opinion filed Monday.

• Sensitive data belonging to UHS was exfiltrated in September last year when the company was targeted by the Ryuk ransomware gang.

• A lawsuit filed against an American healthcare provider over a 2020 data breach has been allowed to proceed, but only for one patient.

品牌回应

• 整改 — Universal Health Services

  The Fortune 500 company, which has 400 hospitals and clinics and 90,000 employees, said in a short statement posted to its website Monday that it is working “diligently with our IT security partners to restore IT operations as quickly as possible.”

来源摘录

• UHS said its “patient care continues to be delivered safely and effectively” and no patient or employee data appears to have been accessed, copied or otherwise compromised

• Universal Health Services confirms that they were impacted by a ransomware attack over the weekend that has affected internal computer systems at their locations since Sunday morning.

• UHS owns Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.