Suspicion of another attempt to steal passwords in hospitals, about a week after a phishing attempt that happened at Shaare Zedek Hospital:
a man posing as a doctor in one of the hospitals approached one of the doctors today (Tuesday) and asked for a password to one of the workstations in the department. The doctor's suspicions were aroused and he refused to provide a password and reported the incident to the information systems department at that hospital. The Ministry of Health informed all hospitals of the details of the case and asked them to sharpen their vigilance and not to transfer passwords or information to any party and to exercise extra caution.
The message distributed after the phishing attempt,
Earlier this month, hospital administrators warned that they were unprepared and unprotected against a phishing attack.
"Israel Hayom" has learned that recently the hospitals have failed controls by an external company designed to test whether they are prepared and protected against attacks.
The Association of Hospital Administrators warned the Ministry of Health: We are not protected from a cyber attack, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The Association of Hospital Administrators contacted the Director General of the Ministry of Health Prof. Nachman Ash and asked for a warning that the hospitals are not protected against a cyber attack. The administrators refer to the attempted attack in Shaare Zedek and the cyber attack that hit the Hillel Yaffe Hospital about a year ago and warn: "Despite the threat to all of us that will undoubtedly occur , significant resources are not allocated to build an effective defense system of the health system against these attacks.
The expectation that the hospitals will be able to allocate resources from their depleted sources is unreasonable and in fact constitutes a 'Bat Yana' policy," warn 10 government hospital managers who signed the letter.
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