A ransomware attack disrupted outpatient care and elective surgeries at a Japanese primary hospital for a day.
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The government-affiliated Osaka General and Acute Care Medical Center revealed Monday that a ransomware attack on its electronic medical record formula did so to provide general care. The hospital is a primary medical center in Osaka Prefecture with 865 beds.
Hospital officials told reporters Monday that the attack took place around 7 a. m. and won a ransom call for an undisclosed amount of Bitcoin, state-owned company NKH World reported. Staff switched to paper medical records that day.
Non-urgents remain inoperative with no prospect of a foreseeable recovery, a hospital bulletin said Wednesday. The hospital is a designated Advanced Emergency Medical Services Center and one of the largest cancer hospitals in the region.
Ransomware attacks in Japan saw an 87% increase in the first part of 2022 alone, according to a report by Japan’s National Police Agency. In total, 114 “harmful” ransomware attacks were recorded in this period.
Ransomware criminals have attacked the medical sector around the world – recent patients come with a large chain of hospitals in the US. A UK National Health Service urgent care telephone service.
A recent Ponemon Institute survey of IT and healthcare professionals found that, of another 245 people who said their organization had experienced a ransomware incident, 67% believed cyber incidents affected patient care, adding delayed tests or procedures. longer stays and higher mortality rates.
A September 2021 investigation through the U. S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyThe U. S. Department of Health and Prevention indicates that cyberattacks can contribute to higher patient mortality by degrading hospital capacity (see: The CommonSpirit ransomware incident affects patients).
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