https://www.itnews.com.au/news/victorian-hospitals-slowly-restoring-systems-after-cyber-attack-532210
By Justin Hendry
itnews.com.au
October 11 2019
Regional Victorian hospitals and health services hit by a ransomware attack
last week are slowly restoring their IT systems after a forced shutdown was
required to isolate the infection.
But many systems, including internet and email, remain offline following the
cyber security incident, with some systems expected to remain that way until at
least early next week.
As mop up efforts continue across the Gippsland Health Alliance and South West
Alliance of Rural Health (SWARH), manual workaround are still being used for
systems still yet to be restored.
The attack, which occurred on September 30, blocked access to several major
systems across hospitals and health services, including financial management,
after being infiltrated.
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