Iolanda Chaves reports (machine translated):
SESARAM has just issued a statement confirming the occurrence of a “deliberate and malicious cyberattack with the sole objective of causing damage and disrupting the normal functioning of the Regional Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira”.
“The internal functioning of SESARAM is thus affected, compromising some areas”, underlines the same source, adding that efforts are being made “in accordance with the competent authorities, in order to overcome the current situation”.
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Further informs SESARAM that “due to this incident all non-urgent clinical activity will be suspended during the day of tomorrow, August 07, 2023, to consider: consultations, scheduled surgeries, clinical analyzes and complementary means of diagnosis”.
Read more at Journal Madeira.
In an update published just minutes ago following a press conference, the news site also reports that Nuno Perry, Director of Cybersecurity Services for the Regional Government, said the cyberattack was the largest, in terms of scope and impact, recorded in the health sector in the Region, and predicts that recovery of the system will be slow. “It’s not something that can be resolved in a day,” he asserted.
They are not calling it a ransomware attack, and they are not naming the threat actors that have claimed responsibility at this time, but they note that there was no ransom demand.
Read more of the update at Journal Madeira.