2 North Delhi Hospitals hit by Cyber Attack
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have initiated a probe into a cyber attack targeting the servers of two hospitals in North Delhi- Parmanand Multi-Superspeciality Hospital in Civil Lines and NKS Superspeciality Hospital in Gulabi Bagh, police sources said on Friday.
According to the sources, the incident occurred on June 11, and it was reported to the police immediately.
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However, no immediate response was received from the hospitals management about the hacking.
According to sources, the hospital staff initially believed the disruption to be a technical glitch. However, a deeper probe by IT teams confirmed that it was a deliberate cyberattack. Following this, both hospitals alerted the police, reports TOI.
The breach occurred during the intervening night of June 10-11. The hospital said that it had activated manual systems to continue providing essential services. Sant Parmanand Hospital's statement was awaited.
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