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Patient data backed up to counter ransomware attacks, hospital managements claim
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An IT researcher shows on a giant screen a computer infected by ransomware at the high security laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA ) in Rennes, France, on Nov. 3, 2016. (AFP/Damien Meyer)
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he head of Dharmais Hospital, the country’s largest cancer hospital, has given assurances that its services were running as normal despite its IT system coming under attack by ransomware.
Hospital president director Abdul Kadir said that although the hospital’s IT system had come under attack from the malicious ransomware WannaCry virus, all patient data remained accessible as it had been backed up.
“I can ensure that the data of patients is safe because it is backed up,” Abdul said at the hospital in West Jakarta on Monday.
He said at least 60 of the hospital’s computers had been affected by the virus and were being serviced, kompas.com reported.
“Our staff routinely backs up the data in real time. We always update antivirus software on our computers and maintain the network,” he said.
The WannaCry virus attacks computer systems and blocks access to data until a ransom is paid. Among those that have reportedly come under attack are Britain’s public health system, the Russian Interior Ministry and businesses like international shipper FedEx and automotive manufacturer Nissan.
Separately, a Harapan Kita Hospital official has denied that the computer system at the West Jakarta facility had been hacked.
“Members of the public do not need to worry because until now, operations are running as usual,” the hospital’s IT department head, M. Ilhamy, said in a statement on Monday.
