Don’t connect outside device to AIIMS network, admin tells staff

New Delhi Patients and their attendants continued to struggle with the slow movement of appointments and tests at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Wednesday as the server at the hospital continued to be impacted for an eighth day. The hospital also issued an internal video guide to help its doctors, faculty members and other staff to install the prescribed security software in their systems. The Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations cell have filed a first information report invoking sections of cyber terrorism against unknown persons, while teams from National Informatics Centre and Computer Emergency Response Team are attempting to restore the network. Meanwhile, the AIIMS administration on Wednesday directed its staff to not connect any external routers, computer systems or laptops to the AIIMS network. “In light of the recent cyberattack on the institute, it is requested that—no router/hub etc should be connected to the AIIMS network port by any user, no computer system or laptop etc, which is on AIIMS LAN may be connected to a mobile hotspot,” an order issued by Dr Vivek Gupta, additional professor and assistant faculty, computer facility, AIIMS, read.