Cybersecurity
Paris Hospitals Target of Failed Cyber-Attack, Authority Says
- Cyber authority says France hasn’t faced significant attacks
- Paris hospitals facing major patient arrivals in Covid crisis
Barriers stand beside a temporary medical tent erected outside Tenon hospital during coronavirus containment in Paris, France, on March 20.
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The Paris hospital authority, AP-HP, was the target of a cyber-attack on March 22, according to France’s cybersecurity agency.
The attack sought to disable hospital service in the French capital by overwhelming its computers, the ANSSI said. The AP-HP successfully handled the attack, it added.