LockBit Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for Cannes Hospital Cyberattack
The group known as LockBit ransomware has reportedly admitted to orchestrating the recent cyberattack on the Cannes Simone Veil Hospital Center (Centre Hospitalier de Cannes), previously identified as the Broussailles Hospital. Named in honor of former French health minister Simone Veil, the hospital provides a range of patient services, including anesthesia, surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, dentistry, mental health, and senior care.
Despite swift implementation of rigorous containment protocols by the hospital, ongoing inquiries have yet to uncover indications of data breach or direct affiliations with specific threat actor organizations.
Following the cyberattack, healthcare workers resorted to using pen, paper, and manual methods to sustain critical medical services like emergency care, surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics for patients. Telephony services remained unaffected.
Despite weeks passing since the incident, the facility still displays a notice regarding the cybersecurity breach. The notice indicates ongoing investigations by hospital staff in collaboration with experts from ANSSI, Cert Santé, Orange CyberDéfense, and GHT06.
These occurrences underscore the vulnerability of the healthcare system to cyberattacks, with potential adverse impacts on patient health, staff operations, and morale.
The hospital has issued the following statement – https://www.ch-cannes.fr/actualites/une-cyber-attaque-en-cours-au-sein-du-centre-hospitalier-de-cannes-simone-veil/?%3E
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