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Romanian hospitals revert to pen and paper during national cyber-attack
Tags Security · Infrastructure
BBC News·
Approximately 100 Romanian hospitals went offline for four days during a national cyber-attack, forcing medical staff to revert to paper-based record keeping. Cyber-experts worked to defeat the attackers while critical healthcare infrastructure remained disrupted. The incident demonstrates the vulnerability of healthcare systems to targeted ransomware campaigns.
Technical significance
Healthcare remains the most targeted sector for ransomware due to life-safety impact. The four-day recovery time for 100 hospitals reveals that offline fallback procedures are still critical, and that healthcare cybersecurity investment lags behind the threat level.