Additionally, he urged Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, to take the necessary steps to prevent similar data breaches from happening in the future.
Digital Desk: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) server was attacked, and the attack came from China. According to ANI, which cited officials from the ministry of health and family welfare, five physical servers out of the total 100 servers were hacked, and they have now been recovered.
"FIR details that the attack originated from China. Of 100 servers (40 physical & 60 virtual), five physical servers were successfully infiltrated by the hackers. Data in the five servers have been successfully retrieved now: Senior officials from MoHFW," the tweet said.
On November 23, a cyberattack crippled the systems at AIIMS Delhi. The Delhi Police's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) squad filed a complaint of cyberterrorism and extortion on November 25.
The National Forensic Sciences University, National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Center, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, Delhi Cybercrime Special Cell, Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Forensic Sciences University, and NIA, among others, were all conducting investigations into the cyber attack.
Shashi Tharoor, a Thiruvananthapuram-based Congressman, brought up the topic of the AIIMS cyber attack in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and demanded a thorough investigation.
"It also highlights the lax privacy protections in place in our nation, particularly by government entities. Unfortunately, the current draught bill presented by the government has done away with a unique category of sensitive personal data, including health data, that required strict safeguards. The Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 had created this category "said he.
Additionally, he urged Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, to take the necessary steps to prevent similar data breaches from happening in the future.
According to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the minister of state for information technology, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is looking into the "planned and targeted" ransomware attack.
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