AIIMS Delhi cyber attack originated from China, 5 servers safely retrieved: Sources

AIIMS Delhi authorities in a statement issued stated that the e-Hospital data has been restored.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi suffered a cyber attack during the last week of November. It suffered cyber attacks for seven consecutive days straight and the AIIMS Delhi server remained out of order. In the latest development, as per a senior government source, the attack on the computer server of AIIMS Delhi was carried out by Chinese hackers. The government source further added that data in five servers have been successfully retrieved now. AIIMS Delhi first reported a failure in its servers on November 23. Two of the analysts deployed to look after the servers` securities have also been suspended for the alleged breach of cyber security. 

"AIIMS Delhi server attack was by the Chinese, FIR details that the attack had originated from China. Of 100 servers (40 physical and 60 virtual), five physical servers were successfully infiltrated by the hackers. The damage would have been far worse but is now contained. Data in the five servers have been successfully retrieved now," said the source from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). 

AIIMS authorities in a statement issued stated that the e-Hospital data has been restored. 

"The eHospital data has been restored on the servers. The network is being sanitized before the services can be restored. The process is taking some time due to the volume of data and the large number of servers/computers for the hospital services. Measures are being taken for cyber security," they had said. 

"All hospital services, including outpatient, in-patient, laboratories, etc continue to run on manual mode," the statement had said. Earlier this month, a special cell of Delhi Police launched an investigation into the attack on the computer system at AIIMS Delhi. 

According to official sources, a team of the Central Forensic Lab (CFSL) has been pressed into service to check the infected server of the AIIMS Delhi to identify the source of the malware attack. 

(With inputs from ANI)