2024 Armentières hospital victim of cyberattack emergency rooms closed for the day

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ppThe Armentières hospital center was the victim of a cyberattack during the night from Saturday to Sunday at 2 am France Bleu Nord learned on Sunday February 11 from the hospital management The pirates demand a ransom from the hospital The emergency department is closed for the next 24 hours patients are being redirected to other hospitalsppThe printers turned on started printing a message indicating that our data was encrypted and that we should contact themtells franceinfo Samy Bayod deputy director of the Armentières CH We immediately disconnected the entire hospital network we have been isolated since 3 am he specifiesppA crisis unit made up of security professionals from the Armentières hospital but also from the Lille CHR was set up at 540 am to restore the situation all the establishments computers are disconnected from the network in the meantime For the moment we do not know the extent of the attack specifies Samy Bayod Cyber attacks are increasing we have protections in place ppThis is not the first time that a cyberattack has occurred but it is the first time that it has managed to pass through protective barriersppat franceinfoppThe emergency room is closed until Monday morning as the hospital cannot effectively accommodate new patients without a computer system They are therefore redirected both by onsite staff by the Regional Health Agency and by the SAMU treatment center to other hospitals in the Lille metropolitan areappCaregivers are still on site in Armentières in case a lifethreatening emergency arises and the maternity emergency department remains open on Sunday The 130 patients already treated by the hospital are not affected by this cyberattack their files have been printed to maintain their monitoringpp
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