THE OTHER KIND OF VIRUS

The ransomware attack on AIIMS in the national capital last month is not an isolated one. As hospitals go digital post-pandemic, there is a rising trend of cyberattacks on healthcare facilities globally

- AJAY SUKUMARAN

Last week, as cyber security analysts were trawling the darker reaches of the Internet for signs of any data from the cyberattack on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, they instead came upon a screenshot of hospital records from another hack. This database, suspected to have come from a hospital in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, and dating back 15 years, was being advertised for sale on popular cybercrime forums at a starting price of $100.