Minister of Health François Browne and Minister of Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noël Barro travel to Corbay-Essonne Hospital Center this Friday, August 26. A health facility was paralyzed as a result of a cyber attack on Sunday morning.
Cabinet members announced a new envelope of 20 million euros for the National Agency for Security of Information Systems (Anssi). Those funds should enablestrengthen its support to health facilitiesAs Minister Jean-Noel Barro explained on Twitter. Those funds will be drawn from the funds released during the Ségur du numérique en santé (announced in July 2020), it said in its entourage.
The crumbling IT infrastructure of these organizations makes them particularly vulnerable to attack. Their number and intensity have increased dramatically since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. “By 2021, we were seeing almost one attack per week on our healthcare facilitiesJean-Noel Barro said. “In 2022, this indicator decreased by 50% in the first semester.“.
20 million euroswill almost double the number of healthcare facilities benefiting from this security process, which will protect them from these types of attacks.“, he added. Help will consist of implementationaudits“then”provide technological and human support“. In Corbeil-Essonnes, no return to normal is expected.”weeks or even months“.
Source: Le Figaro
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