New computer attack on a hospital center to report. The Bourg-en-Bresse hospital center was the victim of an intrusion into its information system on the night of April 10 to 11, the evening of Easter Monday, a public holiday, announces the health establishment on its website.
“The preparation of the hospital teams for this type of crisis which particularly impacts health establishments has made it possible to take precautionary measures”, underlines however the hospital. As the director of the hospital center, Frédérique Labro-Gouby, told France 3, the computer intrusion was indeed detected by the on-call computer service.
Abnormal movements
IT specialists had noticed abnormal movements on the network, an observation which led the management of the hospital to isolate its IT to protect its information and that of its partners. Early detection of an intrusion and rapid isolation of the information system are among the best practices recommended to avoid, for example, the deployment of ransomware.
Sign of the important vigilance of the persons in charge of this type of structure, hospitals, like that of Reunion, had not hesitated to barricade themselves after the detection of an intrusion at the beginning of February. The private group Ramsay Santé also closed its external access at the end of January after discovering anomalies on certain computer servers.
Time to return to normal not yet defined
In addition to Anssi, the French cyberfirefighter, who was alerted, the Bourg-en-Bresse healthcare establishment is now assisted by specialized service providers “to build the action plan and return to normal within a time not yet defined “.
If the care and reception of patients are still maintained, the emergencies have implemented a new protocol to regulate the flow of patients and overcome the difficulties of access to imaging examinations, while access to messaging is suspended. .
The Ain prefecture hospital now joins the long list of health establishments affected by a cyberattack, from Corbeil-Essonnes in August to Brest-Carhaix just over a month ago. In 2022, Anssi had counted 11 ransomware attacks on public health establishments.