AIIMS Delhi hit by fresh cyberattack

FP Staff • June 6, 2023, 20:48:38 IST

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AIIMS Delhi faced a cyber attack last year as well which paralysed its servers and disrupted functioning at AIIMS, including appointments and registration, billing, laboratory report generation, etc.

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All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi was hit by fresh cyberattacks on Tuesday, but the attempt was successfully thwarted and the threat was neutralized in time. “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.

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. The eHospital services remain to be fully secure and are functioning normally
— AIIMS, New Delhi 🇮🇳 (@aiims_newdelhi) June 6, 2023

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology tweeted “E-Hospital is an internal application not available for internet users. Someone may have tried accessing this portal and alert generated due to security layer used by AIIMS. Same person may have taken a screenshot of error msg and circulated it. There is no cyberincident or breach. Error msgs have also been rectified now,”.

E-Hospital is an internal application not available for internet users.

Someone may have tried accessing this portal and alert generated due to security layer used by AIIMS. Same person may have taken a screenshot of error msg and circulated it.

There is no cyberincident or… https://t.co/pmfNpanIzd
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@RajeevRC_X) June 6, 2023

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