It turned out that a hospital in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, was hit by a cyber attack by a ransomware virus called "ransomware", making it impossible to use electronic medical records.
The hospital is urgently recovering the system while checking whether the patient's personal information has been leaked.
The cyber attack was at Naruto Yamakami Hospital in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture.
According to hospitals, at around 5:40 pm on the 19th, the hospital system was damaged by ransomware, and electronic medical records and networks in the hospital became unusable.
The hospital disconnected the hospital's terminal from the external network and reported the damage to the police, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the prefecture.
On the 20th, the hospital stopped accepting new outpatients, investigated whether the patient's personal information was leaked, what kind of request the attacking party was making, and hurriedly restored the system. is.
According to the hospital, medical treatment will be provided on the 21st.
According to the website, this hospital mainly provides rehabilitation, long-term care, and medical treatment for the elderly, and has 90 beds and 9 clinical departments such as internal medicine, surgery, and rehabilitation.
Last year in Tokushima Prefecture, Tsurugi Municipal Handa Hospital was attacked by ransomware, and the electronic medical record system became unusable, making it impossible to perform regular medical care for more than two months.