Two health care systems were breached in subsequent weeks, leaving many patients scrambling. What — and who — caused them remains unknown.
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Why cyber attacks are increasingly targeting hospitals
The incidents that caused outages at two Lewiston-based hospital systems come at a time when cyber attacks on health care organizations are skyrocketing.
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Our coverage of how cyber incidents disrupted Lewiston-area hospitals and patients
The hospitals are working to return to normal after what leaders have described as recent cybersecurity incidents.
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Central Maine Healthcare’s future depends on its acquisition, CEO says
Speaking at a chamber breakfast Thursday, Central Maine Healthcare CEO and President Steve Littleson did not comment on the hospital system’s ongoing system outage.
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Updated: The cyber ‘incident’ at area hospitals. Here’s what patients need to know
UPDATE: St. Mary’s announced on Monday, June 30, all systems were fully restored.
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Bangor man sues hospital, Covenant Health over data breach
The class-action lawsuit, filed in Penobscot County, says St. Joseph Hospital and its owner should have done more to protect patients’ private information.
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Systems remain down at Lewiston’s hospitals. Have you been impacted?
The Sun Journal wants to hear from patients whose care has been disrupted amid a ‘cyber incident’ at the city’s two biggest health care systems.
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Sen. Collins grills NIH director on research cuts
The Trump administration is proposing a 40% cut in the NIH for 2026, and Sen. Susan Collins said federal cutbacks are disrupting research into Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
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Maine lawmakers reverse course, reject decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms
A bill to allow possession of small amounts of psilocybin came close to passing, but was ultimately rejected by lawmakers.
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Canadian wildfires prompt another air quality alert for coastal Maine
Smoke from the wildfires is expected to move out by Tuesday but could return as the fires continue to burn across Canada.