The Times of India reports:
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR after the servers of two hospitals in north Delhi, Sant Parmanand Hospital in Civil Lines and NKS Super Speciality Hospital in Gulabi Bagh, were allegedly hacked. Patient data, financial records and administrative files were accessed during the breach, which took place late Tuesday night.
The cyberattack allegedly led to major disruptions in the functioning of both hospitals, prompting police action under relevant sections of the IT Act. “A case has been registered under section 66 (Computer related offences) of the Information and Technology Act and the help of technical experts is being taken to trace the source of the hack,” DCP (north) Raja Banthia said.
According to sources, the hospital staff initially believed the disruption to be a technical glitch. However, a deeper probe by IT teams confirmed that it was a deliberate cyberattack.
Read more at The Times of India. The news report suggested that the hospitals had yet to identify who was behind the attack. DataBreaches does not see either of these two hospitals listed on leak sites, but if these are extortion-related attacks, the attackers may be hoping to get paid yet.