Joseph Topping reports: Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital said a network outage this week was caused by a cybersecurity incident. The hospitals said they took affected systems offline and engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm. The facilities—Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts, and Athol Hospital in Athol, Massachusetts—remain open and caring for patients; earlier in the week…[Source](https://databreaches.net/2025/10/17/massachusetts-hospitals-heywood-athol-say-outage-was-a-cybersecurity-incident/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=massachusetts-hospitals-heywood-athol-say-outage-was-a-cybersecurity-incident)
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