Israel: First in the history of the country cyber attack with redemption in a hospital

“Great” cyber attack with lyricism accepted a public hospital of Israel, forcing it to use “alternative ways” to continue its operation.

Israeli authorities announced today that “for the first time” in the history of the Jewish state a public hospital of the country received such a cyber attack with redemption. Israel “is experiencing a complete unexpectedly large attackSaid Ugal Una, director of the Israeli cybersecurity service, during an online conference on international co-operation in combating attacks with liturgical.

The liturgical, as reported by the Athenian – Macedonian News Agency, exploits security gaps in companies or individuals for to encrypt and block their computer systems, demanding ransom to unlock them.

“We are trying to find a solution, but it does not seem very appropriate,” Una said, noting that it was “the first time in Israel” that a hospital had been the target of such an attack.

His administration Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Khandera, in central Israel, said in a statement that it was “using alternative systems to treat patients” after the attack.

According to figures provided by the Israeli cybersecurity service in July, one in five businesses in Israel had been the target of cyberattacks, causing damage in 20% of cases.

Hospitals in other countries have already been hit by cyber-attacks, such as in Germany, France and Ireland.

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