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Appalachian Regional Hospitals placed all of their 11 hospitals, located in West Virginia and\u00a0Kentucky,\u00a0on Emergency Operation Plans after ransomware was detected on their systems on Saturday morning.\u00a0 It was reported by The Register – Herald<\/a> that\u00a0the hospitals shut down their computer systems immediately to prevent any further spread of the virus.<\/p>\n As of Saturday, employees were able to continue to assist patients; however everything was done manually.\u00a0 It is not being disclosed if critical patients have been transferred to alternative care facilities, but it was reported that hospitals impacted in West Virginia were still running their Emergency Rooms on Saturday.<\/p>\n Hospital officials are being quiet about the overall impact of this ransomware attack.\u00a0 The ransomware variant used for the attack is unknown, and the ransom demand is not being disclosed.\u00a0 The hospitals in West Virginia did not contact the authorities regarding this attack, and it is unknown if the Kentucky hospitals reported the incident to local officials.<\/p>\n For a full listing of ransomware attacks in 2016, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n We have also created a map for users to see where each attack has occurred in the U.S. <\/p>\n