WHO warns of increasing cyber virus attacks against hospitals

The World Health Organization (WHO) and fifty countries have warned of increasing attacks of ransomware (ransomware) against hospitals. Recently, several hackers attacked the computer data of individuals, companies or various institutions using a virus and wanted to be given ransom money to remove the virus.

 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, has told the United Nations Security Council that ransomware attacks on hospitals have increased and increased, saying: "These attacks on hospitals are a matter of life and death." Tedros Adhanom has emphasized the importance of international cooperation to deal with these attacks and added that: Cybercrime, including ransomware, is a serious threat to international security.

Security Council Also, more than 50 countries have issued a joint statement condemning the countries that allow these ransomware attacks and warning that these attacks put human lives at risk and are a threat to international security and peace.