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Police ‘negotiating with hackers’ who hit Paris hospital computer system
Adam Sage, Paris
Thursday September 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Times
Staff at the South Francilien Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes could not access digital systems after the attack last week
Staff at the South Francilien Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes could not access digital systems after the attack last week
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
An elite French police unit is reportedly negotiating with hackers demanding a seven-figure ransom after paralysing the computer system of a Paris region hospital.
Le Parisien newspaper said the Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), the French military police unit that specialises in terrorism, hostage-taking and other such crimes, was involved in round-the-clock talks with the hackers on encrypted platforms.
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The daily said police had managed to negotiate the ransom demand down from an initial €10 million to €1 million.
In such cases, hackers generally demand payment of a ransom to decrypt or unlock the computers they have targeted.
Officially, the police officers are buying time while cybersecurity experts seek to combat the ransomware introduced into the hospital’s computer system. The French authorities say
Adam Sage, Paris
Thursday September 01 2022, 5.00pm, The Times
Staff at the South Francilien Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes could not access digital systems after the attack last week
Staff at the South Francilien Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes could not access digital systems after the attack last week
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
An elite French police unit is reportedly negotiating with hackers demanding a seven-figure ransom after paralysing the computer system of a Paris region hospital.
Le Parisien newspaper said the Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), the French military police unit that specialises in terrorism, hostage-taking and other such crimes, was involved in round-the-clock talks with the hackers on encrypted platforms.
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The daily said police had managed to negotiate the ransom demand down from an initial €10 million to €1 million.
In such cases, hackers generally demand payment of a ransom to decrypt or unlock the computers they have targeted.
Officially, the police officers are buying time while cybersecurity experts seek to combat the ransomware introduced into the hospital’s computer system. The French authorities say
