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FR: The Dax hospital center targeted by a large-scale cyber attack

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Dissent

AC reports (translation):

The telephone lines did not ring at midday. It was impossible to reach the Dax hospital center, which was targeted on Tuesday, February 9 by a large-scale cyber attack.

“Our teams are doing their utmost to restore the situation as soon as possible,” said the establishment on its Twitter account.

A crisis meeting was held in the early afternoon. “This attack put our entire information system out of service using data encryption.

Read more on Sud Ouest.

h/t, @Chum1ng0


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