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Delhi AIIMS Server Attack ‘Originated From China’

By LokMarg 14th December 2022

By Ashoke Raj

The attack on the computer server of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi was carried out by Chinese hackers, a senior government source said on Wednesday adding that data in the five servers have been successfully retrieved now.

“AIIMS Delhi server attack was by the Chinese, FIR details that the attack had originated from China. Of 100 servers (40 physical and 60 virtual), five physical servers were successfully infiltrated by the hackers. The damage would have been far worse but is now contained. Data in the five servers have been successfully retrieved now,” said the source from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

AIIMS Delhi first reported a failure in its servers on November 23. Two of the analysts deployed to look after the servers’ securities have also been suspended for the alleged breach of cyber security.

AIIMS authorities in a statement issued stated that the e-Hospital data has been restored. “The hospital data has been restored on the servers. The network is being sanitized before the services can be restored. The process is taking some time due to the volume of data and a large number of servers/computers for the hospital services. Measures are being taken for cyber security,” they had said.

“All hospital services, including outpatient, in-patient, laboratories, etc continue to run on manual mode,” the statement had said.

Earlier this month, a special cell of Delhi Police launched an investigation into the attack on the computer system at AIIMS Delhi.

According to official sources, a team of the Central Forensic Lab (CFSL) has been pressed into service to check the infected server of the AIIMS Delhi to identify the source of the malware attack. (ANI)

Modi Outlines 11 Stars To Give New Direction To M’rashtra’s Growth

By LokMarg 11th December 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated various developmental projects in Nagpur on Sunday and outlined the “11 stars” that would give a new direction to Maharashtra’s growth.

“The 11 different development projects inaugurated today will give a new direction to Maharashtra’s growth. It’s proof of how fast the double-engine government in Maharashtra and at the Centre is working. The 11 different development projects inaugurated today will give a new direction to Maharashtra’s growth,” PM Modi said while addressing a gathering here.
“The first is Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, second Nagpur AIIMS, third is National Institute of One Health, fourth is ICMR research centre in Chandrapur, fifth is CPET Chandrapur, the project which has been started to reduce the pollution in Nagpur’s Naag river, seventh is the inauguration of Nagpur phase 1 and foundation stone laying of phase 2, eighth is Vande Bharat Express between Nagpur and Bilaspur, ninth is a redevelopment project of Nagpur and Ajni railway station, the tenth is the inauguration of maintenance depot of rail engine of 12,000 horsepower in Ajni and eleventh is the inauguration of Koli-Narked route in Nagpur-Itarsi,” the Prime Minister added detailing the projects.

The Prime Minister said that the infrastructure projects inaugurated today show the holistic vision of infrastructural development.

“The projects which have been inaugurated today show a holistic vision of infrastructural development. AIIMS is one kind of infrastructure and Samriddhi Mahamarg is another kind of infrastructure. Vande Bharat and Nagpur Metro are two different kinds of the character of infrastructure,” he said.

“Better connectivity empowers growth and progress at a great pace. The government has worked towards achieving this vision and I am happy that we could achieve it with public participation,” the Prime Minister added.

Earlier today, the Prime Minister inaugurated Phase I of the Nagpur Metro rail project and purchased a ticket to take a ride on the Metro from Freedom Park to Khapri.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Phase- II of the rail project, which will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 6700 crore.

During his journey from Freedom Park to Khapri, the Prime Minister was also seen interacting with students and those from the start-up sector and citizens from other walks of life.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the sixth Vande Bharat Express that will run between Maharashtra’s Nagpur and Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur.

PM Modi waved hands at the passengers travelling on the train after flagging off the train.

This is the sixth Vande Bharat Express to be flagged off by PM Modi.

The Prime Minister arrived in Nagpur earlier, where he was received by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (ANI)

Modi Inaugurates AIIMS Nagpur With State-Of-The-Art Facilities

By LokMarg 11th December 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated AIIMS Nagpur with state-of-the-art facilities.

The Hospital, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in July 2017, has been established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, read a statement from Prime Minister’s Office.

AIIMS Nagpur, being developed at a cost of more than Rs 1575 crore, is a hospital with state-of-the-art facilities, with OPD, IPD, diagnostic services, Operation theatres, and 38 departments covering all major specialty and super speciality subjects of Medical Science. The hospital provides modern healthcare facilities to the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and is a boon to the surrounding tribal areas of Gadchiroli, Gondia, and Melghat.

The Prime Minister also inspected an exhibition at the AIIMS, Nagpur soon after inaugurating the hospital.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated Phase I of the Nagpur Metro rail project and purchased a ticket to take a ride on the Metro from Freedom Park to Khapri.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of Phase- II of the rail project, which will be developed at a cost of more than Rs 6700 crore.

Earlier today, PM Modi flagged off the sixth Vande Bharat Express that will run between Maharashtra’s Nagpur and Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur.

PM Modi waved hands at the passengers traveling on the train after flagging off the train. (ANI)

Around 6000 Attempts Made To Hack ICMR On Nov 30

By LokMarg 6th December 2022

Even as e-hospital facility at AIIMS has witnessed a cyber attack, over 6,000 attempts were made to hack the server of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on November 30 but these were prevented, official sources said.

The sources said that the ICMR website is safe and noted that the firewall is regularly updated. They said hackers’ IPs were traced to a blacklisted IP based in Hong Kong.
“The site is hosted at NIC Data Centre, the firewall is from NIC (National Informatics Centre) and is regularly updated. NIC was informed through email regarding a cyber attack and has reported that the attack was prevented. ICMR has found the website in the order,” a source said.

The sources said hackers “tried to hack ICMR website 6000 times on November 30”.

“Hackers’ IPs were traced to a blacklisted IP based in Hong Kong. The website, however, couldn’t be hacked because of updated firewall and enhanced security measures being adopted,” the source said.

Official sources said cyber-attack strategies are constantly evolving and securing cyberinfrastructure and data is a dynamic process.

The sources said that the ICMR website did not witness any downtime following the cyberattack. However, they noted that similar attacks by hackers on ICMR cyberinfrastructure are regular and cyber security infrastructure needs to be strengthened.

“The current news is regarding an attempted attack on the ICMR website that was prevented by the firewall/security measures of NIC. The contents of the website have been checked and found safe. The website did not witness any downtime,” the source said.

“However, similar attacks by hackers on ICMR cyberinfrastructure are regular; hence, cyber security infrastructure needs to be updated and strengthened to prevent future damage. There are limited vendors under the Make-In-India category for state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure such as Network switches, Access Points, Storage, etc., accordingly possibilities of other options will also be explored,” the source added.

The sources said that the Secretary of, the Department of Health Research (DHR) and the Director General of ICMR reviewed cyber infrastructure and security practices at ICMR on December 2.

It was briefed that the website of ICMR is hosted in the NIC cloud after a security audit by a CERT-IN empaneled agency.

“The website is protected by NIC firewall and other security measures. ICMR also in-house hosts web and data portals of various programmes of ICMR. The in-house infrastructure is protected by a customized open-source firewall (PFSense). Further, inbound and outbound internet traffic is strictly controlled and regularly monitored for any suspicious activity on all the active interfaces. DHR regularly issues advisories regarding cyber-security practices to all the ICMR institutes and centres,” the source said.

Safdarjung hospital had said last week that the hospital was hit by a cyberattack in the middle of November but there was not much impact on services as the OPD process is run manually.

“There was a cyber attack, our server was also down in November for a single day but data was secured. The matter was handled by the National informatics Centre (NIC) to revive the systems,” Medical Superintendent, Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. BL Sherwal had said.

“According to my knowledge it wasn’t ransomware,” he added. Another official from the hospital said that IP was blocked.

Services at AIIMS New Delhi continue to be conducted manually following a cyber hack in its e-hospital facility on November 23.

AIIMS authorities said that e-hospital services are likely to start middle of this week. Sources said about 4000 computers have been scanned and anti-virus has been uploaded for additional safety. (ANI)

AIIMS Server Down For 8 Days, 2 Suspended, More On Radar For Cyber Security Breach

By LokMarg 30th November 2022

For the eighth day running, the server at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi remained out of order, and according to the sources after the suspension of two analysts from Delhi, more are on the radar for suspension for breaching cyber security.

According to the sources, “The sanitizing process started, earlier it was 15 but now 25 out of 50 servers and more than 400 endpoint computers have been scanned. Antivirus uploading has also been started for future safety.”
On Tuesday, the AIIMS also issued a statement that the e-Hospital data has been restored, “The eHospital data has been restored on the servers. The network is being sanitized before the services can be restored. The process is taking some time due to the volume of data and a large number of servers/computers for the hospital services. Measures are being taken for cyber security.”

“All hospital services, including outpatient, in-patient, laboratories, etc continue to run on manual mode.” It said further

“The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also joined the investigation. The India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) representatives are already probing the incident,” Sources to ANI

The internet services after the recommendations from the investigation agencies will remain blocked in AIIMS Delhi.

The laboratory information system (LIS) database and other dependent databases have been restored.

Earlier AIIMS also issued a fresh set of Standard operating procedures (SOP) which says admission, discharge, and transfer of patients will be done manually at the hospital till the E-Hospital is down.

“Latest SOPs that have to be followed in manual mode till E-Hospital is down. Admission, discharge, and transfer are to be done manually at AIIMS, New Delhi. Indent to be done manually,” the hospital said.

It further said that the death or birth certificates are to be made manually on forms as per instruction from the working committee.

“Only urgent samples to be sent and that too with filled forms. Only urgent investigations are to be sent with forms as per instruction from the working committee,” it added.

Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) reported a failure in its server on November 23, as per officials. (ANI)