<h5>What is a cyberattack?</h5>  <p>Cyberattacks are the act of destroying or acquiring control of critical documents, data, and computer networks of an individual or a company. Some examples of cyberattacks are malicious software (malware), ransomware, etc. Cyberattacks are done by cybercriminals or hackers with the aim of destroying or gaining access to classified material.</p>
<p>To protect against such attacks, a person must be very careful and ensure that they are using proper software like antiviruses. A cyberattack can target both individuals and companies. People might need professional help from cyber security experts to help them during such an attack.</p>
<p>Recently, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a medical research university and hospital in Delhi faced a cyberattack. :(
</p> <h5>Okay, what exactly happened?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/aiims-delhi-facing-a-cyberattack%2F1280px-AIIMS_-New_Delhi's_Ward_Block.jpg?alt=media&token=f0c49db3-02fa-44cb-800f-9628409ade04" alt="Okay, what exactly happened?" >
        <figcaption>A photo of the AIIMS Delhi building. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>On 23rd November 2022, a data breach in AIIMS's internal systems was discovered. Due to this, the hospital shut down the online services of the AIIMS outpatient department (OPD), emergency, and other patient care services and moved to manual methods.</p>
<p>AIIMS confirmed the attack did indeed happen and they are now working on data restoration and server cleaning. However, these activities are taking time due to the large number of servers being used by the hospital.</p>
<p>Some reports indicate that the cyberattack on AIIMS is a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts data on a system, preventing people from accessing it. Usually, cybercriminals demand money in exchange for releasing this data. These reports also mention that the hackers have demanded Rs. 200 crores from AIIMS. Both AIIMS and the Delhi Police have dismissed the ransomware theory.</p> <h5>So what’s happening now?</h5>  <p>AIIMS has data on millions of patients, including former prime ministers, that must be safeguarded. It is now working with multiple organisations including the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to implement cyber security measures. </p>
<p>All systems on AIIMS’s network are being checked to ensure they are malware-free. Large hospitals usually have numerous backups of their data. But, before these backups can be restored, the faults which allowed hackers access into the system must be fixed. Otherwise, hackers can access the data restored from the backups as well. </p>
<p>After inspecting all AIIMS systems, CERT-In discovered that no network security measures had been used by the hospital’s computer faculty (isn’t that crazy!?). So, this made it easy for hackers to access AIIMS’s data.</p> <h5>What did we learn from this article?</h5>  <p>We learned that there are bad people in this world who will cause harm to others in order to earn money. If you are negligent about your own safety, such people may harm you even more. </p>
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Let’s hope the data breach situation at AIIMS is resolved soon and such a situation does not happen again.</p>

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