Medstar hacked

[Michaelbeard]

If anybody that monitors tarrant county has been confused/frustrated the last week with medstar I have the answer. Some time last week the medstar CAD system was hacked and it took out dang near everything. They can't send out sheets or even receive them. They can't track their units either. So they use dispatch 1 to give out call details to medics, dispatch 2/3 to confirm arrival etc. They talk to fire via io fire 5. There's no timeline that I've heard of it being fixed.

 

[letarotor]

Interesting and thanks for the info. That would explain the traffic I've been hearing on Fire I0 5.

Brian
COMMSCAN

 

[hiegtx]

This was mentioned last week on WFAA/Channel 8

MedStar 911 dispatch, patient care reporting systems disrupted after cyberattack, officials say

At this time, there are no EMS service interruptions, but MedStar says employees were doing manual radio dispatching as systems were being checked.

www.wfaa.com