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Investigation Begins In AIIMS Delhi Server Hack, Say Police Sources

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Investigation Begins In AIIMS Delhi Server Hack, Say Police Sources

AIIMS in a statement said they suspect a ransomware attack.

New Delhi:

After servers of Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) faced malfunctioning due to an alleged hack, the Delhi Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) and initiated an investigation, the police sources told NDTV today.

The IFSO unit of Delhi Police has registered a complaint against unknown persons on a complaint filed by the premier medical institute’s Assistant Security Officer, the police said.

Various government agencies are investigating the incident and supporting AIIMS in bringing back digital patient care services, the hospital said in an update.

Meanwhile, all emergency and routine patient care services and lab services are being managed manually, the statement added.

The server of AIIMS Delhi faced malfunctioning since 7 am yesterday, in the evening the hospital in a statement said the National Infomatics Centre was working to restore the system and “has informed that this may be a ransomware attack… (which) will be investigated by the appropriate authorities”.

Delhi’s largest referral hospital, which caters to 1.5 million outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year, was operating manually yesterday, causing long queues at almost every department in the top medical institute.

According to the hospital’s statement issued yesterday, “measures are being taken to restore the digital services and support is being sought from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and National Infomatics Centre.”

“AIIMS and NIC will take precautions to prevent such future attacks,” the hospital said in a statement.

Ransomware is malicious software designed to deny a user or organisation access to files on their computer. In most cases, cyber attackers demand a ransom to allow access to the files.
 

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Suffolk County begins to restore title searches after ransomware attack

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Suffolk County said it was able to resume title searches Monday morning after a ransomware attack on the county’s computer systems last month disrupted a critical process for the local real estate industry.  

Title companies ensure that no one besides the seller has a claim to the property and that there are no liens or financial judgments that would call ownership into question. For sales in Suffolk County, these companies seek records from the county clerk’s office, which along with other county departments was compromised in the cyberattack. A title company’s inability to vouch that there are no claims against the property can prevent sales from closing.

With title companies unable to access records since the Sept. 8 cyberattack, real estate agent Jeffrey Jimenez said he has been unable to move forward toward closing on 30 sales that recently went into contract. 

“Everything’s at a screeching halt,” said Jimenez, a team leader at eXp Realty, who primarily markets homes in the Tri-Hamlet area of Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach.

Delayed closings can have cascading consequences for buyers and sellers, particularly now, as mortgage rates have been jumping up in recent weeks.

Homebuyers agree to lock in a mortgage rate with their lender for a set period of time, say 60 days. If they cannot close before the rate lock expires, they may need to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to extend it. Otherwise, they would need to accept a new, probably higher, mortgage rate — but that would boost their monthly payments and they might no longer qualify to receive their home loan.

The average U.S. 30-year fixed loan rose to 6.7% for the week ending Sept. 29, which is about a full point higher than it was a month earlier, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

Sellers risk losing a deal with a buyer and having to put their homes back on the market, at a time when buying power has been diminished by higher interest rates that increase buyers’ monthly payments.

The county’s real estate industry also faces a cash crunch, with agents, title companies and attorneys waiting on commissions and fees due after closing.

Christopher Como, deputy county clerk for Suffolk…

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Mercury’s new electronic warfare combat training pod begins

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ANDOVER, Mass., July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical processing technologies for aerospace and defense, today announced that its new mPOD, a rapidly reprogrammable electronic attack (EA) training system designed to train pilots using realistic, near-peer jamming capabilities, is currently undergoing final flight testing.

Why It Matters:
To sharpen their combat skills, pilots need to train in mock air-to-air combat with other pilots operating as adversaries. Using mPOD, “adversary” pilots can emulate enemy jamming techniques accurately, conditioning aircrews to evolving threat scenarios and better preparing them for real combat.

“Alternative electronic attack training solutions are difficult to obtain and update,” said Mark Bruington, vice president, Mercury Mission Systems. “Our innovative mPOD is a commercial solution that can be programmed quickly and will help the U.S. and our allies’ military pilots develop tactics to maintain a strategic advantage over adversaries. It will also increase pilot and aircraft survivability and save millions of dollars in training costs through integrated threat presentations.”

Built with proven technology for electronic warfare training, test and evaluation

  • Simultaneously emulate multiple National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)-validated threats with proven Filthy Buzzard digital RF memory (DRFM) technology developed and validated over 35 years in partnership with the U.S Air Force and Navy
  • Quickly reprogram missions and threats for different aircraft and radar systems in minutes via an intuitive software interface
  • Speed integration with the aircraft display and control panel using the user interface or an integrated cockpit control panel
  • Attach the mPOD to any aircraft weapon’s pylon or integrate it within the aircraft to reduce drag and maintain aircraft performance
  • Decrease overall sustainment cost through a scalable and modular design with six swappable, high MTBF hardware components including a wideband Meggitt antenna

Mercury envisions, creates, and delivers innovative technology solutions purpose-built to meet their…

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The Durable Begins Installation of the Iris Cable System

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The Durable Begins Installation of the Iris Cable System

By Icelandmonitor.mbl.is
May 25, 2022

Work started this morning in Þorlákshöfn on a new high-speed undersea cable system between Iceland and Ireland. The new cable is called IRIS and it spans approximately 1700 km and connects Þorlákshöfn in the southwest of Iceland with Ballyloughane Strand in Galway in Ireland. You could see heavy duty equipment in Þorlákshöfn this morning and the cable ship Durable was visible from the shore. Durable came to Iceland last Friday and preparation for the laying of the cable was prepared for the work that started this morning. The American company SubCom provides the cables and is responsible for the installation operation that started today.

IRIS ensures increased internet securityThe Durable began lading in Iceland and if work goes according to plan IRIS should be fully operational at the end of the year.

The undersea cable system IRIS is owned by Farice ehf., an Icelandic state run company. The company has been preparing this operation for a few years now. With IRIS in place the internet security of the country will be increased ten times to what it is right now, so the country should not lose internet connection under normal circumstances. There are already two undersea cable systems in operation, Farice 1 that connects Iceland to Scotland via the Faroe Islands and then Danice that connects Iceland to Denmark.

If the work process goes according to plan IRIS should be fully operational at the end of the year.

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