How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack

At Bucharest's national cyber-security centre (DNSC) they watched helplessly as the hackers spread across Romania through a popular piece of medical software. The order went out to more than 100 hospitals. Disconnect from the internet, now. The cyber-attack on Romania's hospitals in February 2024 is one of the worst to target healthcare systems around the world, but these incidents are becoming increasingly common. Cutting off 100 hospitals in Romania from the internet stopped the hackers in their tracks, buying time to work out how bad the attack was. But it meant no connected devices, emails or web browsers. ... Hippocrates...