The AIIMS server remained down for the eighth day; Two suspended, more in Cybersecurity Breach Scanner
During the eighth day of operation, the server at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi remained down and according to sources after suspending two analysts from Delhi, many more are being suspended for network security breaches.
According to the sources, “The cleaning process has started, 15 before but now 25 of the 50 servers and more than 400 endpoint computers have been scanned. The anti-virus software upload has also been completed. is started for future safety.”
On Tuesday, the AIIMS also released a statement that the E-Hospital data has been restored, “The E-Hospital data has been restored on the servers. The network is being sanitized before services can be restored. This process takes some time due to the large volume of data and the number of servers/computers for hospital services.Measures are being taken to network security.”
“All hospital services, including outpatient, inpatient, lab, etc. continue to run in manual mode,” it added.
“The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also joined the investigation. India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN)Delhi Police, Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) representatives are investigating the incident,” source from ANI
Internet services following recommendations from investigative authorities will remain blocked in AIIMS Delhi.
The Laboratory Information System (LIS) database and other dependent databases have been restored.
Prior to that, AIIMS also issued a new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) stating that admission, discharge, and patient transfer will be done manually at the hospital until E-Hospital is shut down. .
“The latest SOPs must be followed in manual mode until the e-Hospital ceases to operate. Hospitalization, discharge and transfer must be done manually at AIIMS, New Delhi. Indentation must be done manually at AIIMS, New Delhi. Right indentation done manually,” the hospital said.
It added that death certificates or birth certificates had to be handcrafted on forms according to the working committee’s guidelines.
“Only urgent forms are submitted, and that form must also be filled out. Only urgent investigations should be submitted with the forms in accordance with the working committee’s instructions,” it added.
Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) reported the crash in their server on November 23, according to officials.
