The Hospital Simone Veil in Cannes (CHC-SV) has announced that it was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday morning, severely impacting its operations and forcing staff to go back to pen and paper.
CHC-SV is an important medical establishment in France, particularly in the region of Cannes, offering a broad range of medical specialties through 2,100 employees, including 230 doctors.
With a capacity of 869 beds, it handles 150,000 outpatient and 50,000 emergency room visits, performs 9,000 surgeries, and assists in 1,500 births annually.
The Hospital announced that it was forced to take all computers offline earlier this week due to a cyberattack, leaving only telephone systems available for communication.
The facility didn't disclose many details about the attack but said it has received no ransom demands by cybercriminals yet.
"The cyberattack is currently being analyzed with the help of expert partners (ANSSI, Cert Santé, Orange CyberDefense, GHT06),"
reads the announcement.
"So far, there has been no demand for ransom nor any data theft identified. Investigations are ongoing."
Emergency, medicine, surgery, obstetrics, geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, home hospitalization, and rehabilitation units continue to operate. However, all data handling has fallen to "pen and paper" practices, and some patients are being diverted to other hospitals nearby on a per-case basis.
