Indian hospital AIIMS says malware attack 'thwarted' by cybersecurity systems

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi announced on Tuesday (June 6) that a malware attack was detected at 2:50 pm (local time) by the cyber-security systems.

AIIMS said, "The attempt was successfully thwarted, and the threat was neutralised by the deployed cyber-security systems. The e-Hospital services remain to be fully secure and are functioning normally."

When AIIMS confirmed the malware attack, rumours of a possible cyber attack started to spread on social media platforms. Minister of State for Electronics and Information and Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar later said on Twitter that there was no cyber incident or breach.

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He tweeted, "https://E-Hospital.Aiims.Edu is an internal application not available for internet users. Someone may have tried accessing this portal and alert generated due to security layer used by AIIMS. Same person may have taken a screenshot of error msg and circulated it."

He further added, "There is no cyber incident or breach. Error msgs have also been rectified now."

Last year, the premiermedical institute had come under a cyber attack when its servers were affected for many days.

(With inputs from agencies)

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