Crore In Cryptocurrency As Server Remains Down For 6th Day
Hackers have allegedly demanded an estimated Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi as its server remained out of order for the sixth consecutive day, official sources said on Monday.
New Delhi: Hackers have allegedly demanded an estimated Rs 200 crore in
cryptocurrency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
as its server remained out of order for the sixth consecutive day, official
sources said on Monday. It is feared that data of around 3-4 crore patients
could have been compromised due to the breach detected Wednesday morning.
Patient care services in emergency, outpatient,
inpatient and laboratory wings are being managed manually as the server
remained down, the sources said. The India Computer Emergency Response Team
(CERT-IN), Delhi Police and representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs are
investigating the ransomware attack.
A case of extortion and cyber terrorism was registered
by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi
Police on November 25. Official sources said internet services are blocked on
computers at the hospital on the recommendations of the investigating agencies.
The AIIMS server has stored data of several VIPs,
including former prime ministers, ministers, bureaucrats and judges.
Meanwhile, the NIC e-hospital database and application
servers for e-hospital have been restored. The NIC team is scanning and
cleaning infection from other e-hospital servers located at AIIMS which are
required for delivery of hospital services, an official source said.
Four physical servers arranged for restoring
e-hospital services have been scanned and prepared for the databases and
applications.
Also, the AIIMS network sanitisation is in progress.
Antivirus solutions have been organised for servers and computers. It has been
installed on nearly 1,200 out of 5,000 computers. Twenty out of 50 servers have
been scanned and this activity is ongoing 24×7, the source said.
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