{"id":26264,"date":"2020-06-22T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T22:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26264"},"modified":"2020-06-23T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T22:43:27","slug":"top-eu-officials-call-out-china-for-hospital-cyberattacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26264","title":{"rendered":"Top EU officials call out China for hospital cyberattacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday that she warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against hacking European hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen cyberattacks on hospitals and dedicated computing centers. Likewise we\u2019ve seen a rise in online disinformation, and we pointed out clearly that this cannot be tolerated,\u201d von der Leyen told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen\u2019s remarks were made following the European Union (EU)-China Summit that took place virtually on Monday, which came in the midst of international tensions over the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Participants in the summit included Xi, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, European Council President Charles Michel and EU High Representative Josep Borrell.<\/p>\n

Hospitals around the world have become\u00a0targets<\/a>\u00a0of cyberattacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular from ransomware attacks, or when the attacker locks up a network and demands payment to allow access again.<\/p>\n

The second largest hospital in the Czech Republic was the victim of a cyberattack in March, while the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois had its website taken down by hackers the same month.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI put out a\u00a0joint alert<\/a>\u00a0last month warning that Chinese government-backed hackers were targeting U.S. groups involved in COVID-19 research.<\/p>\n

INTERPOL, an international police organization, warned hospitals and other groups involved in fighting COVID-19 of ransomware threats in April, specifically that cyber criminals were preventing hospitals from accessing patient records until the ransom was paid.<\/p>\n

Major health agencies have also been targeted by cyber criminals over the past few months, including the World Health Organization and the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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