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OneBlood systems start to come back online after ransomware attack

OneBlood, the not-for-profit blood center serving much of the southeastern United States, announced Monday that its software is starting to come back online.

The organization is the primary provider for Atrium Health and also serves the Levine Cancer Institute, Levine Children's Hospital and the Jeff Gordon Children's Center.

It was hit with a ransomware attack July 29 and implemented manual processes to continue collecting and testing blood donations.

With Hurricane Debby moving into Florida, OneBlood says there is an urgent need for platelet donations.

Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.