Security expert explains St. Vincent hospitals cyberattack [Video]

As of Friday afternoon, systems remain down and they are diverting emergency medical services.

“I think this is only going to get worse before it gets better,” said John Boomershine, VP of security and Compliance with BlackInk IT in Indianapolis.

Boomershine says cyber attacks are becoming more prevalent.

In fact, they’re on the rise.

On Wednesday, officials at Ascension St. Vincent detected “unusual activity on select technology network systems.”

A spokesperson tells 13News some phones and systems for certain tests, procedures and medications are down.

“Going to pen and paper is the only way they have to do it,” said Boomershine. “When you immediately go offline like that or you have to shut systems down quickly, getting to those paper records to understand the history of care.”

Ascension St. Vincent is working to resolve the issues to regain access to things like electronic health records and …