Investigation Begins In AIIMS Delhi Server Hack, Say Police Sources
NDTV
The IFSO unit of Delhi Police has registered a complaint against unknown persons on a complaint filed by the premier medical institute's Assistant Security Officer, the police said.
After servers of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) faced malfunctioning due to an alleged hack, the Delhi Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) and initiated an investigation, the police sources told NDTV today.
The IFSO unit of Delhi Police has registered a complaint against unknown persons on a complaint filed by the premier medical institute's Assistant Security Officer, the police said.
The server of AIIMS Delhi faced malfunctioning since 7 am yesterday, in the evening the hospital in a statement said the National Infomatics Centre was working to restore the system and "has informed that this may be a ransomware attack... (which) will be investigated by the appropriate authorities".
Delhi's largest referral hospital, which caters to 1.5 million outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year, was operating manually yesterday, causing long queues at almost every department in the top medical institute.
