The alert was given Thursday evening at 20:33 after an intrusion into the information system. The hospital center of Brest has been targeted by a cyberattack that disrupts its operation, announced the management of the hospital Friday. "The analysis of the attack process showed that servers were impacted," said the Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU) of Brest in a statement.

"As soon as this cyberattack was reported, the CHRU put in place the necessary precautionary measures" and "a degraded mode of operation was put in place" to ensure the continuation of activities.

'No deprogramming envisaged'

The Internet information system has thus been "isolated" in order to "limit the spread of the attack" and all communications between the CHRU and the outside world (making appointments, sending results, connections with other establishments, etc.) are therefore disrupted. But "emergency services are provided" and "no deprogramming is envisaged," says the hospital, which remains reachable by phone at the usual number. "At this stage, no health data leaks have been identified. No data is compromised internally," adds the establishment, which has filed a complaint with the police.



Several French hospitals have been the target of cyberattacks in recent months, such as the Versailles hospital in December 2022 or the South Francilien Hospital Center in Corbeil-Essonnes at the end of August.

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