PIH Health hospitals targeted in ransomware attack

PIH Health was targeted in a ransomware attack, forcing officials to completely shut their network offline and leaving millions in the dark when it comes to healthcare. 

Families are being told that they can either wait it out for systems to turn back online, or to go to another hospital for treatment because of the issue, which happened over the weekend. 

Officials say that they were targeted on Sunday by a "criminal act" that "compromised their network." In turn, network services were turned off at their hospitals in Downey, Whittier and downtown LA. 

While urgent care centers and emergency room remained open, patients and physicians were left without access to health records, laboratory systems, pharmacy orders and radiation access. On top of that, internet access and phone lines were completely turned off. 

"Meeting the healthcare needs of our communities remains our highest priority," said a statement from PIH Health. "We continue to provide care during our downtime procedures at all of our facilities, including all three hospitals, medical offices, home health, hospice, outpatient imaging and laboratory."

Officials say that they've notified local law enforcement about the network disruption and that the FBI is also being involved in the criminal investigation. 

It remains unclear when their network will be fully-restored.