A hospital in France has been hit by a cyber attack. The entire hospital in Versailles near Paris has been the target of such an attack since Saturday, the hospital management confirmed on Sunday.
As a result, the admission of patients is “limited”. The IT system was shut down and a crisis team was opened, the management added.
The attack had “no immediate impact” on the facility’s operations, Health Minister François Braun told private television station BFMTV. There are no patient transfers planned at this time. According to Braun, the cyber-attack was noticed at an early stage, so that all data protection measures could be taken.
Series of hacker attacks on hospitals
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities in France have been the victim of cyber attacks several times in recent months. Hacker groups blocked confidential patient data, passed it on and disabled devices. Last August, hackers attacked Corbeil-Essonnes hospital, severely disrupting operations for weeks.
The attackers demanded a $10 million ransom, which was later reduced to a $1 million or $2 million demand. After the hospital failed to pay a ransom for some time, the hackers published data about patients and staff on the dark web, among other things.
Source: Krone
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