Ascension says 'small number of files' taken during hack

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ascension provided an update Wednesday about the May ransomware attack on its servers, and said an investigation by third-party experts is beginning to uncover the extent of the attack.The weeks-long system intrusion began when an "individual working in one of our facilities" downloaded a malicious file they believed to be legitimate, according to the Wednesday update."We have no reason to believe this was anything but an honest mistake," the spokesperson said. "To our pati