CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest non-profit health care systems in the United States and which provides services to over 21 million patients, confirmed on October 13, 2022, that it suffered a ransomware attack early last week which caused widespread IT outages at various hospitals across the United States. On October 3, 2022, CommonSpirit Health stated that it was “managing an IT security issue” that was impacting many electronic health record systems and had taken specific IT systems offline. In the company’s latest update regarding the situation, CommonSpirit Health stated that cybersecurity specialists have been engaged to conduct a forensic investigation of the ransomware attack and that efforts are being made to bring all systems back online. No details have been published regarding how the attack occurred, who is responsible for the attack, or if any data has been exfiltrated. CTIX analyst will continue to monitor for details of CommonSpirit Health’s ransomware attack as the investigation unfolds and provide updates where applicable.