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Public Disclosure
UMMC confirms the incident is a ransomware attack and begins forensic investigation.
Attack Detected
UMMC IT staff identify unauthorized activity and begin isolating systems.
Statewide Closure
All UMMC-affiliated clinics are ordered to close immediately to contain the threat.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has suspended operations across its entire network of clinics following a disruptive ransomware attack. The incident has forced the state's only academic medical center to transition to manual processes and divert non-emergency patients, highlighting the persistent vulnerability of critical healthcare infrastructure.
Information-stealing malware has begun specifically targeting the OpenClaw agentic AI framework, exfiltrating configuration files and gateway tokens. This development marks a significant shift in threat actor tactics as they seek to exploit the growing enterprise adoption of autonomous AI assistants.