Fenway Health hit with "IT incident," affecting service

Catch up quick: The incident comes after Springfield Public Schools and Everett City Hall closed part of last week due to cyberattacks.

• The Fenway Health website on Friday said, "Fenway Health continues to respond to an IT incident" and to expect delayed MyChart messaging and callbacks.

The latest: Fenway Health declined to confirm that it experienced a "cyber attack" after announcing its sexual health clinic was closed on Friday, but a spokesperson called the incident an "interruption to IT systems" in an emailed statement to Axios on Saturday.

• It is unclear how many days the incident lasted, but by Sunday, the hospital system had removed the IT notification on its website.

What they're saying: "We have taken multiple steps to limit impacts to patient care," said Ryan Dunn, a Fenway Health spokesperson, adding that the hospital is working with external IT experts to resume operations.

• Dunn didn't respond to questions about when the incident was first detected, how it affected appointments and correspondence via MyChart and whether patient data or other sensitive data was compromised.