USP’s teaching hospital systems have been shut down by criminals in the past week, with the unit starting to serve emergencies only
The teaching hospital of the University of São Paulo (USP) was hit by a ransomware attack last week. The blow suffered on Wednesday (22) resulted in the temporary interruption of work at the unit, which is located in the west area of São Paulo (SP) and began to carry out only urgent and emergency care, using paper forms.
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The partial stop remains until this week, with the plants still not fully functional. While approximately 600 computers used by the hospital are being formatted to resume operations, there is still no evidence of any data leaks relating to teaching hospital employees or patients.
This could still happen, however, as the entity has made it clear that it will not pay the ransom. Speaking to the Metrópoles website, the director of the hospital, Walter Cintra Ferreira, said that the digital systems will be restored from backups, but that it is not yet possible to know if all information will be restored in this way. The priority, he said, are the areas of assistance, with no forecast of normalization of the situation.
As a result, the appointment of the appointments and the withdrawal of the exams have been suspended, while the appointments already fixed have been postponed indefinitely. The second sector would be prioritized in the hospital’s digital recovery efforts, with results released manually, according to a report from Tecnoblog. According to sources heard from the site, some of the computers are already functional again, with the employees who would have to create new system access credentials.
The press office of the USP University Hospital confirmed the case, specifying that, at least until this Thursday (30), outpatient and effective treatments are still suspended. The Emergency Room, on the other hand, continues to function, while the institution also confirms that there are no signs of data leaks and is ready to warn interested parties if this happens.
With 180 inpatient beds, the university hospital serves not only students, professors and employees of the University of São Paulo, but also the entire population of the city of São Paulo. No details were disclosed about the bandwidth responsible for the attack or the amount charged for the ransom, as well as deadlines and other requirements for restoring systems and maintaining data secrecy.
Source: metropolis, Technoblog
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