Question 9626 — health establishments

Summary

Ms. Pascale Martin questions the Minister of Health and Prevention about recurring cyberattacks in hospitals, which endanger the health and private lives of citizens. The Digital Health Agency counted 730 cyberattacks in 2021. In response, the Minister of Solidarity and Health insisted in August 2022: “The health of the French will not be taken hostage”. However, from the month In September 2022, the Russian hacker group “LockBit 3.0” carried out a cyberattack against the South Paris region hospital center of Corbeil-Essonnes (CHSF). Faced with the hospital's refusal to pay the ransom, the criminals began to disclose sensitive content such as reports of gynecological examinations, colonoscopies, deliveries... On December 3, 2022, it was the André-Mignot hospital in Versailles which was struck in turn, the forcing us to limit reception to emergencies only. Furthermore, in addition to the ransom demanded, a hospital victim of a cyberattack is forced to overhaul its entire IT system. This was particularly the case for the Dax hospital center which, in 2021, had to pay nearly 2.3 million euros. The Government has tried to remedy this problem. The cybersecurity strategy for healthcare establishments and medico-social services have been strengthened with a budget of 350 million euros. 25 million euros have been allocated to cybersecurity audits of health establishments. As part of the France recovery plan, the National Authority for the Security and Defense of Information Systems (ANSSI) received an envelope amounting to 136 million euros to strengthen the cybersecurity of the State and the territories for the period 2021-2022. But these measures are clearly insufficient: cyberattacks on hospitals continue and health establishments are still vulnerable to them. On Wednesday June 21, 2023, the Rennes university hospital center was also the victim of a cyberattack, with no impact on patient care, but which led to a data leak the extent of which is not yet known. She therefore asks what new measures the Government intends to take to improve the protection of health establishments in the face of these repeated cyberattacks.

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