The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS of Delhi was once again cyber attacked. It was told by AIIMS that there was a malware attack on the server. However, due to the activeness of the cyber team, it was successful in thwarting it and the service was resumed.

AIIMS tweeted and informed about malware attack

AIIMS Delhi tweeted and told, cyber security pm 2 by systems: A malware attack was detected at 7:00 pm. The attempt was successfully foiled and the threat neutralized. The hospital management informed that the e-hospital services are completely safe and working normally.

Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted on malware attack in AIIMS But Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar clarified the situation on Twitter and said that there is no breach in AIIMS system. He tweeted, AIIMS e-hospital is an internal app and is not available for internet users. Someone tried to break into this portal, but due to the vigilance of AIIMS’s security system, it was a failed attempt. The same person probably took a screenshot of the error message and circulated it. He said, there has been no incident of cyber attack or breach. The error message has also been fixed.

“A malware attack was detected at 2: 50 pm 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..,” tweets All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi pic.twitter.com/EdcYhxaNFM

— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2023 What is malware attack

Malware attack is called the most dangerous cyber attack. In which an attempt is made to select the data of the patients. A few days ago, there was a malware attack on the server of AIIMS. After a long effort, the server could be restarted. However, after that attack, cyber security in AIIMS server was greatly strengthened.

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It may be noted that a similar attack in November last year disrupted hospital registration, admission and discharge services for two weeks. Had done it. AIIMS Delhi for the first time november, 2022 had reported a fault with their servers. After which two people were suspended for alleged breach of cyber security.

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Tue, Jun 6, 2023, 9: 13 PM IST