How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack
Over 100 Romanian hospitals successfully maintained operations during a massive cyber-attack in 2024 by disconnecting from the internet and reverting to manual, paper-based processes. The incident has become a global case study for disaster preparedness in critical healthcare infrastructure.
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It highlights the extreme vulnerability of digitized healthcare systems and the necessity of having robust analog contingency plans to ensure patient safety during cyber-attacks.
Image caption, Surgeon Oana Goidescu was on shift when her hospital was hit by the cyber attack
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