AIIMS thwarts malware attack, no data breach

All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi has said that it thwarted a malware attack on its eHospital services. The website ehospital.aiims.edu suffered a cyber attack and a message ‘Virus found’ was seen. The health institution said that its systems were working normally.

“A malware attack was detected at 1450 hrs by the cyber-security systems in AIIMS, New Delhi. The attempt was successfully thwarted, and the threat was neutralised by the deployed cyber-security systems,” AIIMS said in a tweet.

“The e-Hospital services remain to be fully secure and are functioning normally,” India’s premier health institution added.