April 18, 2024 at 02:33PM
The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) suffered a cyberattack, impacting its operations and forcing staff to resort to pen and paper. With 2,100 employees and 869 beds, it handles 150,000 outpatient and 50,000 emergency room visits annually. Roughly 30% of non-urgent surgical procedures were canceled, and investigations are ongoing with expert partners.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) was hit by a cyberattack severely impacting its operations, forcing the facility to revert to pen and paper for data handling.
– The cyberattack led to the cancellation of roughly 30% of non-urgent surgical procedures and rescheduling of non-urgent consultations.
– The hospital stated that no ransom demands had been made by cybercriminals and no data theft has been identified so far. Investigations are ongoing with assistance from expert partners.
– Certain medical departments and units, such as emergency, surgery, obstetrics, geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, home hospitalization, and rehabilitation, continue to operate despite the cyberattack.
– The hospital administration emphasized that cyber-exercises conducted in recent months played a crucial role in containing the damage and mitigating the impact of the incident.
– The hospital’s priority is to restart patient care systems containing test results and patient records, but this depends on the progress of technical investigations which may take a considerable amount of time.
– As of the meeting notes, no major ransomware or extortion groups have claimed responsibility for the attack at CHC-SV, but if the attack is the work of such a group, it could potentially involve the theft of sensitive patient data impacting a large number of individuals in France.
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