Bleeping Computer reports that French hospital the Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien (CHSF) experienced a ransomware attack over the weekend that disrupted services and forced the medical center to refer patients to other healthcare providers. "This attack on the computer network makes the hospital's business software, the storage systems (in particular medical imaging), and the information system relating to patient admissions inaccessible for the time being," CHSF stated. RFI adds that the English-speaking hackers are reportedly demanding $10 million to unlock the hospital’s systems. CHSF has implemented their "white plan" emergency operation to maintain as many of their services as possible, the hospital says the attack has rendered "all the hospital's business software, storage systems – particularly medical imaging – and the information system relating to patient admissions” inaccessible. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the incident led by the gendarme's Centre for Combating Digital Crime (C3N) division. French cybersecurity journalist Valéry Riess-Marchive says the handling by the national gendarmerie...
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