Ransomware

Ransomware on Romanian medical platform cuts off 100 hospitals

First reported 2024-02-12 · Last reported 2024-02-13 · 4 related reports

A health information platform used by Romanian hospitals was infected with Backmydata ransomware, encrypting the data of 26 hospitals. Another 74 healthcare facilities preemptively disconnected from the internet, taking a total of 100 offline.

Key facts

Affected organization: Being confirmed
Incident type: Ransomware
Occurred / detected: Not confirmed
Scale of damage: Data encrypted at 26 hospitals; 74 additional healthcare facilities preemptively disconnected from the internet
Cause / method: Backmydata ransomware infection of a health information platform
Location: Romania

Timeline

2024-02-12It emerged that 100 Romanian hospitals had gone offline due to a ransomware attack.
2024-02-13It was confirmed that data at 26 hospitals had been encrypted and that 74 additional healthcare facilities had preemptively disconnected from the internet.

4 related reports

Ransomware attack forces 100 Romanian hospitals to go offlineBleepingComputer · 2024-02-12
Hospitals offline across Romania following ransomware attack on IT platformThe Record from Recorded Future News · 2024-02-13
Ransomware attack hits dozens of Romanian hospitalsBBC · 2024-02-13
Ransomware Attack Knocks 100 Romanian Hospitals OfflineSecurityWeek · 2024-02-13

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