Truman Medical Centers and the FBI confirmed Tuesday that the organization has been hit with ransomware.TMC said its information technology team received a message that the organization had been hit with ransomware. The FBI said it has been notified about the incident and has been in contact with the organization but would not say if it is investigating.In a statement, TMC said patients’ personal health information and financial information is housed on another system and was not impacted. Patient care was also not affected, TMC said.“Simply put, this means there was someone who locked TMC out of parts of its own organizational system,” a spokesperson with TMC said. “They demanded money, or a ransom, to unlock the programs. TMC worked with a third-party negotiator, its cyber insurance carrier and outside cyber counsel to pay a small amount of money, for which the medical center was insured.“We will continue to provide quality care to all our patients, as we bring the affected parts of our operational programs back on track.”

Truman Medical Centers and the FBI confirmed Tuesday that the organization has been hit with ransomware.

TMC said its information technology team received a message that the organization had been hit with ransomware. The FBI said it has been notified about the incident and has been in contact with the organization but would not say if it is investigating.


In a statement, TMC said patients’ personal health information and financial information is housed on another system and was not impacted. Patient care was also not affected, TMC said.

“Simply put, this means there was someone who locked TMC out of parts of its own organizational system,” a spokesperson with TMC said. “They demanded money, or a ransom, to unlock the programs. TMC worked with a third-party negotiator, its cyber insurance carrier and outside cyber counsel to pay a small amount of money, for which the medical center was insured.

“We will continue to provide quality care to all our patients, as we bring the affected parts of our operational programs back on track.”