The Hospital Center de South Francillon (CHSF) in Corbay-Essonne was the victim of a computer attack that began between Saturday and Sunday at around 1 a.m., seriously disrupting its operations, particularly in the emergency room and surgery. Press release from the facility, confirming information from RMC. A ransom demand of $10 million, worded in English, was demanded by the hacker or hackers, a police source told AFP.
An investigation against cybercrimes of the Paris prosecutor’s office has been launched for hacking into a computer system and attempted extortion as part of an organized gang. The investigation was entrusted to the gendarmes of the Center for Combating Digital Crime (C3N), the prosecution added.
Esson Hospital launched a white plan on Sunday. This attack forcescurrently unavailable for all hospital business applications, storage systems (including medical images) and patient admissions information systems“, the structure’s press release said. The National Authority for the Security and Protection of Information Systems (ANSSI) wasquickly seized by the crisis unitHe added, after which he detailed the methods of patient care. According to a close source.found a family of ransoms“.
Patients were referred to other hospitals
Patients whose care requires access to the technical platform are redirected to public hospitals in Ile-de-France. Those who presented spontaneously to the emergency roomare evaluated and then possibly referred to the Sud Francilien Hospital Center Medical Center“, says the press release.
CHSF for hospitalized patients “medical and technical departments (especially medical biology) can work in a degraded mode for a short time;“. the institution”makes every effort to maintain ambulatory care“Promises, but”.on the other hand, this exceptional situation must affect the operation of the operating room“. “This attack does not affect the operation and security of the hospital building“, are reassured by the hospital center, where they state that “all networks continue to function (telephone except fax, automated distribution flows, etc.).»
Management contacted by AFP declined to comment for this text. In April 2022, a cyber attack against the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire (GHT) Cœur Grand Est information system affected nine institutions, and last March the hospital in Ajaccio was also a victim “ransomware cyber attack“.
Source: Le Figaro
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