AIIMS Delhi Server down

AIIMS Delhi servers down since 15 hours, ransomware attack suspected

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In what appears to be a rather vicious grade of a cyber attack on Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) the hacking of five servers may have likely compromised the personal information of millions of patients. It is suspected that the hacking fraud or cyber crime was reportedly carried out by Chinese hackers (possibly sitting inside Hong Kong) and it has targeted five major servers of the leading hospital.

According to a report by news agency ANI, hackers have allegedly demanded around Rs 200 cr in cryptocurrency from AIIMS-Delhi as its server remains out of order for the sixth consecutive day; patient care services in the Emergency, outpatient, inpatient, laboratory wings are being managed manually: Sources

Hackers have allegedly demanded around Rs 200 cr in cryptocurrency from AIIMS-Delhi as its server remains out of or… t.co/YlMCFfxHNG

— ANI (@ANI) Nov 28, 2022

It is feared that the ransomware attack may have compromised the data of 3–4 crore patients. However, the FSL team is now investigating the data leak and the IFSO officials have reportedly reassured that no data was lost.

India Today cited sources and reported that the stolen data was said to have been sold on the dark web. To be precise, over 1,600 searches for stolen AIIMS data were available on the dark web and that included stolen data of VVIPs, including politicians and celebrities.