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Over two dozen hospitals in Romania have taken their systems offline after a ransomware attack took down their healthcare management system.
The Hipocrate Information System used by hospitals to manage medical activity and patient data was targeted over the weekend and is now offline after its database was encrypted.
The ransomware attack affected various hospitals across Romania, including regional and cancer treatment centers, and a team of DNSC cybersecurity experts is currently investigating the cyber incident.
DNSC says the attackers used Backmydata ransomware to encrypt the hospitals' data, a ransomware variant from the Phobos family.
Update February 12, 11:29 EST: Added DNSC statement saying the hospitals had backups and the attackers used Backmydata ransomware.
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