‘NO LEAKS’: A health ministry official said that systems were back to normal quickly and no records were lost, although password management needed improving
Taiei Times
Date: Sep 01, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
More than a dozen computer system servers at hospitals have been attacked by ransomware, the
The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s name is displayed at the main entrance of its headquarters in Taipei on April 30.
Photo: Lin Hui-chin, Taipei Times
The ministry issued the statement after Chinese-language reports said that about 56 hospitals nationwide have been targeted by ransomware since Thursday, including ministry-affiliated hospitals, large regional hospitals and clinics.
Hackers used malware to block hospitals’ access to their own information system and asked them to pay in bitcoin within a certain time or face losing files, the reports said.
The reports said that the ministry had reported the cases to the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau. [FULL STORY]
