AIIMS cyberattack underlines challenge for hospitals amid Centre's push to digitise health records
Hospitals are reviewing their cybersecurity as they prepare to go paperless under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
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Hospitals are reviewing their cybersecurity as they prepare to go paperless under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that about 150,000 stolen patient records from a hospital in Tamil Nadu were being illegally sold online.
However, hospital president Dr. Palanisamy claims that no patient's medical information was compromised as the facility has new database software and a new service provider.
The stolen database is advertised for $100, meaning that multiple copies of the database would be sold. For actors seeking to be the exclusive owner of the database, the price is raised to $300 and if the owner intends to resell the database, the quoted price is $400.The
As AIIMS-Delhi struggles to recover from a massive ransomware attack, hackers are currently selling at least 1.5 lakh patients' data records belonging to Tamil Nadu-based multispecialty hospital called Sree Saran Medical Center for hundreds of ...