Cyberattack cost UVM Medical Center $1.5 million a day

The October cyberattack cost the University of Vermont Medical Center $1.5 million a day in increased expenses and lost revenue, hospital president Stephen Leffler said Tuesday.

That “back of the envelope” calculation doesn’t include the cost of getting the system back up and running, he told reporters.

Forty-two days have elapsed since the attack occurred on Oct. 28. The total cost, including lost revenue and expenses, could exceed $63 million.

The hospital is still grappling with the impacts of the attack six weeks after a hacker downed all of its online operations. Though many of the medical center’s systems have been restored, Leffler predicted a “multiweek process” to address a backlog of postponed appointments and the slew of handwritten records that must be entered into the online system.

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