PHMG detects 'suspicious activity' shuts down phones, patient portal

Palomar Health Medical Group has shut down its phone lines and patient portal while it investigates “suspicious activity on certain computer systems within its network.” Fallbrook’s Graybill Medical Group is part of PHMG and is included in this shutdown.

According to an NBC 7 news report, in a letter to patients dated May 6, PHMG said it detected the activity on May 5.

PHMG took the affected systems offline, to “prevent the spread of any potential malware and launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event,” the letter said.

Phones, faxes and the patient portal were not workin...