How 100 Romanian hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack
Over 100 Romanian hospitals were forced to disconnect from the internet to mitigate a massive cyber-attack targeting medical software. Staff successfully maintained patient care by reverting to manual, paper-based record-keeping during the four-day crisis.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the extreme vulnerability of critical healthcare infrastructure to cyber-attacks and serves as a global case study for disaster preparedness.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Joe Tidy Cyber Correspondent, World Service, Romania BBC Surgeon Oana Goidescu was on shift when her hospital was hit by the cyber attack One after another the calls came in from hospitals; criminals were infecting computer networks in a mass hack that was putting countless lives at risk.
The report is a factual account of a cyber-security event without political or ideological framing.
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