Luminis is the latest health system hacked: ‘Everybody’s at risk’

Luminis Health computer systems have been offline since a cyberattack on Sept. 1. The provider has issued limited updates regarding the restoration of services or the extent of the hack. The outage affects operations across the health system, including facilities in Anne Arundel.
Computer systems have been down for all Luminis Healthcare providers for two weeks and it’s not clear when services will be fixed. Luminis was hacked on Sept. 1, and aside from a vague statement issued Sept. 10, the provider isn’t saying much about what happened and when services might be restored. Luminis runs Anne Arundel...
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