BLACK OCTOBER UPDATE: Hackers have shut down a major hospital network in New Mexico.

Patients urged to stay away. Cancelled surgeries. 30+ clinics.

The attack began at 11:30am.

Employees saw their computers suddenly taken over: "You have been compromised."

AP/KRQE: "One part of a message that could be heard from a computer voice told employees hackers had students’ and employees’ personal and identifiable information along with Social Security numbers, private documents, emails, and more.

KRQE has learned internal communications also told employees to shut off and unplug computers, while also moving to paper processes."

The entire state "left without an emergency department capable of treating the most serious injuries."

The attack started around 11:30 a.m. and forced UNMH to send all ambulance traffic to other hospitals.

"The University of New Mexico Health System told people not to show up at its main hospital in Albuquerque and canceled appointments at its more than 30 clinics.

Multiple UNM Health System employees said they heard messages across their computers while working late Monday morning that claimed to have stolen student and employee data and patient information.

The hospital network conducts about 900,000 outpatient visits and receives 100,000 emergency room visits each year, according to its website. It operates the state’s only Level 1 trauma center."