Hacker attack on a Polish hospital. “Coordinated activities”

Hackers attacked one of the Polish hospitals. Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski issued a message in which he calms Poles.

Hacker attack: The Ministry of Interior and Administration Hospital in Krakow became the target of cyber attack. The minister of digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski told the X that emergency procedures were implemented and There is no threat to the life or health of patients.

There is action: “State services conduct coordinated operational activities to identify attackers” – wrote the minister of digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski. Informed that the services responsible for cyber security, including CERT Polska, the Ezdrów Center and the Central Office of Cybercrime Fighting are working on securing traces And they support the facility in a quick return to normal functioning.

The losses can be high: Sekurak, which deals with cyber security, says that it was probably a ransomware attack. This is very bad news. It is called software that blocks access to the computer system or reading the data saved in it. He demands a ransom for restoring the original state. However, this information was not officially confirmed. We asked the Ministry of Digitization about this, but we did not get an answer before the publication of this article.

Poland has a problem: This is another hacker attack on Polish institutions recently. Last week was carried out Cyberatak for the systems of the Polish Space Agency. The services now determine whether and what data they leaked and what was the modus operandi of the perpetrators and whether the attack was implemented from the country or abroad. Recently, PKP Intercity has also confirmed that the failure of the online ticket sales system in January was caused by a hacker attack.

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Sources: Krzysztof Gawkowski []Sekurak []IAR

Source: Gazeta

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