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

BBC NewsJune 23, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTCBbc
How 100 Romanian hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack
For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.

The attackers had demanded 160,000 (£138,000; $183,000) in bitcoin, but a national decision was taken not to pay.

At hospitals still offline, IT teams raced to restore systems from backups.

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Source: BBC News

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