Cyber alert issued against ‘Royal’ ransomware that attacks health, education sectors – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Indian cybersecurity agency has issued a warning against the “Royal ransomware” virus that attacks critical sectors such as communications, health careeducation, and even individuals and seeks reward in Bitcoin for not leaking personal data in the public domain. He Indian Computer Emergency Response Team either cert entry has stated in the latest … Read more

Govt yet come up with satisfactory answers on AIIMS server attack – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Months after a massive cyber attack in it All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, the government has yet to give a satisfactory answer as to what happened to patient data that was encrypted and may have been extracted by hackers. The sensitive data of 40 million patients, including political leaders … Read more

AIIMS cyber attack took place due to improper network segmentation: Govt in RS – ET HealthWorld

A technical analysis carried out by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) about the cyberattack on AIIMS has revealed that the government-run hospital’s IT networks were compromised “by unknown threat actors due to inadequate network segmentation,” Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. In a written response to the Rajya … Read more