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Essonne: a hospital center targeted by a cyberattack, a ransom of 10 million dollars demanded

2022-08-22T09:55:47.281Z


The attack, which began overnight from Saturday to Sunday, forces the hospital to transfer patients requiring technical intervention to other establishments in Île-de-France.


The South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes is the victim of a computer attack which began in the night from Saturday to Sunday around 1 a.m., seriously disrupting its activity, according to a press release from the establishment, confirming information from BFMTV .

A ransom demand of 10 million dollars, formulated in English, was demanded by the hacker or hackers, revealed a police source to AFP.

The Essonne hospital launched a white plan on Sunday.

This attack makes "

for the time being inaccessible all the hospital's business software, the storage systems (in particular medical imaging) and the information system relating to patient admissions

", indicated the establishment in a statement.

The National Authority for Security and Defense of Information Systems (ANSSI) was "

quickly seized by the crisis unit

", he added, subsequently detailing the methods of taking charge of the patience.

Patients referred to other hospitals

Patients whose care requires access to the technical platform are redirected to public hospitals in Ile-de-France.

Those presenting spontaneously to the emergency room “

are assessed and then possibly sent to the medical care center of the Sud Francilien hospital center

”, according to the press release.

For patients hospitalized at the CHSF, “

the medico-technical services (in particular medical biology) are able to work in short term in degraded mode

”.

The establishment "

does everything possible to maintain outpatient care

", he promises, but "

on the other hand, this exceptional situation should have an impact on the activity of the operating room

".

This attack does not impact the operation and security of the hospital building

”, reassures the hospital center which specifies that “

all the networks remain in activity (telephone with the exception of the fax, automated flow of distribution, etc.).

»

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Contacted by AFP, the management declined to comment on this text.

In April 2022, a cyberattack against the information system of the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire (GHT) Cœur Grand Est had affected nine establishments and last March, a hospital in Ajaccio had also been the victim of a “

ransomware-type cyberattack

".

Source: lefigaro

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