In November, there was a ransomware attack on the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. Patients suffered as the cyber systems were completely shut down for a few days and were running only manually. As AIIMS cyber systems are slowly limping back to normal, Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Dr. Muktesh Chander, an IPS officer who was the founder and director of the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre that started in 2010. He is an expert on matters related to cybersecurity and spoke about how it is important to consider putting cybersecurity mechanisms in place before expanding digital infrastructure

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AIIMS server still down; police deny reports of ₹200-crore ransom demand - The Hindu

AIIMS cyberattack underlines challenge for hospitals amid Centre’s push to digitise health records

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THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL, 2022 

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