August 14 , 2019 - Hackers infected Washington - based Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group with ransomware and demanded a payment of $ 1 million to unlock patient files , according to a report from the Daily World . The report sheds light on the EHR downtime the provider put into place after experiencing persistent issues with its EHR systems in June . Both the hospital and HMG ’s clinics were impacted by the issues with its MEDITECH EHR . However , officials did not explain the cause . According to the latest , the hackers infected the computer systems with ransomware nearly two months ago when an employee clicked on a malicious link contained in a phishing email . The cyberattack began on a weekend when Grays Harbor IT staff was limited . ;