Empty and silent corridors, where an unusual silence reigns. it’s rare to see an emergency department so deserted in the afternoon. Since the night of Saturday to Sunday, the Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien in Corbeil-Essonnes has been seriously injured. Targeted by a cyberattack, he is completely paralyzed. A $10 million ransom is being demanded and patient care is severely disrupted pending the resolution of the crisis.
Outside, on the concrete square, a group of nurses have gone out to smoke cigarettes and joke about cyberattacks. But “No comment to the press” won’t do, runs one of them. Despite the jokes, the situation is serious. As an aside, some caregivers do testify about their feelings anyway “Go back thirty years”.. The storage system, particularly for medical images, and the information system related to patient admissions are unavailable. Sometimes you have to…
Source: Le Figaro
