“A malware attack was detected at 1450 hrs by the cyber-security systems in AIIMS, New Delhi. The attempt was successfully thwarted, and the threat was neutralised by the deployed cyber-security systems,” AIIMS said in a tweet.
“The e-Hospital services remain to be fully secure and are functioning normally,” India’s premier health institution added.
Government denies data breach
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, also said that there was no cyber attack or breach at the AIIMS.
“http://E-Hospital.aiims.edu is an internal application. Someone may have tried accessing this portal and alert generated due to the security layer used by AIIMS. Same person may have taken a screenshot of the error message and circulated it,” the minister said in a tweet.
“There is no cyber incident or breach. Error messages have also been rectified now,” he added.
Ransomware attack on AIIMS
In November last year, a massive ransomware attack disrupted the systems at the India’s premier health institution, crippling its centralised records and other hospital services.
It was reported that cybercriminals locked access to users’ data, which included details of politicians, celebrities and more. Hackers reportedly promise to decrypt data after they are paid the desired ransom. The institution then moved to manual mode for some time.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said the cyber attack on servers originated in China.
“Of the 100 servers — 40 physical and 60 virtual — five physical servers were infiltrated by the hackers. The damage could have been far worse but is now contained. Data in the five servers has been successfully retrieved,” the ministry was quoted as saying.
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