French Hospital Hit By Ransomware

And this time a hospital, the country is France.

A French hospital is hit by a $10 million RANSOMWARE attack. They could not give health services and had to send their patients to other establishments. The surgeries are postponed.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-hospital-hit-by-10m-ransomware-attack-sends-patients-elsewhere/

"The Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF), a 1000-bed hospital located 28km from the center of Paris, suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, which has resulted in the medical center referring patients to other establishments and postponing appointments for surgeries."

"'This attack on the computer network makes the hospital's business software, the storage systems (in particular medical imaging), and the information system relating to patient admissions inaccessible for the time being,' explains CHSF's announcement."

"Those in need of emergency care will be evaluated by CHSF's doctors, and if their condition requires medical imaging for treatment, they will be transferred to another medical center."

"According to Le Monde, which has info from the country's law enforcement agencies, the ransomware actors that hit CHSF demanded the payment of a ransom of $10,000,000 in exchange for a decryption key."

"French cybersecurity journalist Valéry Riess-Marchive identified signs of a LockBit 3.0 infection, mentioning that the handling by the national gendarmerie is a clue pointing to that direction, as that service deals with Rangar Locker and LockBit attacks."

"If LockBit 3.0 is responsible for the attack on CHSF, it will violate the RaaS program's rules, which prohibit affiliates from encrypting systems of healthcare providers."

RaaS: Ransomware as a Service