New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR after the servers of two hospitals in north Delhi, Sant Parmanand Hospital in Civil Lines and NKS Super Speciality Hospital in Gulabi Bagh, were allegedly hacked. Patient data, financial records and administrative files were accessed during the breach, which took place late Tuesday night.
The cyberattack allegedly led to major disruptions in the functioning of both hospitals, prompting police action under relevant sections of the IT Act. “A case has been registered under section 66 (Computer related offences) of the Information and Technology Act and the help of technical experts is being taken to trace the source of the hack,” DCP (north) Raja Banthia said.
According to sources, the hospital staff initially believed the disruption to be a technical glitch. However, a deeper probe by IT teams confirmed that it was a deliberate cyberattack. Following this, both hospitals alerted the police.
NKS Super Speciality Hospital authorities said the attack had “severely disrupted the hospital’s servers, affecting access to digital patient information and impacting some outpatient (OPD) and inpatient (IPD) services.” The breach occurred during the intervening night of June 10-11. The hospital said that it had activated manual systems to continue providing essential services. Sant Parmanand Hospital’s statement was awaited.
Police said efforts are underway to trace those behind the cyber attack.
