This announcement comes as the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital center has been paralyzed since Sunday morning by a cyberattack.
The Ministers of Health François Braun and that of the Digital Transition and Telecommunications, Jean-Noël Barrot are traveling this Friday, August 26 at the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital center. A health establishment paralyzed since Sunday morning by a cyberattack.
The members of the government announced a new envelope of 20 million euros intended for the National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (Anssi). These funds should make it possible tostrengthen its support for health establishments“, as Minister Jean-Noël Barrot explained on Twitter. These funds will be drawn from the means released during the Ségur du numérique en santé (announced in July 2020), it was specified in his entourage.
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The dilapidated IT infrastructure of these organizations makes them particularly vulnerable to attacks. The number and intensity of these have skyrocketed since the start of the Covid-19 crisis. “In 2021, we saw nearly one attack per week on our healthcare establishments“Said Jean-Noël Barrot. “In 2022, this figure fell in the first half of 50%».
The 20 million euroswill almost double the number of healthcare establishments benefiting from this security process, which will immunize them against this type of attack“, he added. The aid will consist of carrying outaudits” then “provide technological and human support“. In Corbeil-Essonnes, a return to normal is not expected before “weeks or even months».
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