If you fall ill or experience an injury one of the first places you may turn to is a hospital. Hospitals are supposed to be a safe and secure location that are staffed with the best doctors and nurses who are prepared to offer the best care they can. But what if you arrived at the hospital for treatment only to be turned away? This is exactly what happened at one Georgia hospital. Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia was forced to close its doors and turn ambulances away; but not because there was ac contagious epicdemic spreading through the hospital or because the staff was unable to treat patients. The Gwinnett Medical center had to close its doors temporarily due to a malware infestation.

We have talked about malware affecting a variety of businesses and private citizens but a hospital becoming infected is on a much larger and perhaps much more dangerous scale. Gwinnett Medical Center was unfortunately not prepared for malware and suffered because of it, reported IT Pro Portal.

Speaking to WSBT, hospital spokesperson Beth Okun confirmed that the malware infection was real. “We’ve had a virus interrupt our system within our hospital. It’s not affecting patient care in any way, shape or form.”

While some of you may not be too surprised about this malware infestation there are plenty of others who did not see this infestation coming. It is yet to be determined what caused the malware or if it will pop up again at Gwinnett Hospital down the road but one thing is certain: hospital IT professionals must be find and isolate this incident so it does not occur again.

“While full details of the incident – including the exact nature of the infection – are not being disclosed by the hospital, security experts have expressed deep concern.”

“Most of what happened at Gwinnett is speculation on my part, but I doubt it will be the last time we hear a story like this,” explains Sophos’ Chester Wisniewski. “Like SCADA systems, medical devices are designed to work in a very specific state and are extremely expensive.

If you believe your computer, whether it is your personal machine or your work computer, may have been infested by malware it is important that you call your CT computer repair expert to get your computer in great running condition once again.