Bhubaneswar, May 18: Today to interrogate the Berhampur city hospital cyber attack case, a three member cyber cell team of State Crime Branch has left for Berhampur to investigate into the same. The probing team is led by inspector Anil Anand. Anand is also likley to visit the Purusottampur CHC in Ganjam. Yesterday, all computers at the city hospital and Purusottampur Community Health Centre (CHC) were hacked by the WannaCry Ransomware virus. All data in the computers have been hacked and 300 dollars have been demanded to decrypt it. Likewise, two computers at the city hospital in Berhampur had also been hacked. The state Crime Branch yesterday took over the investigation from the Ganjam police. Special DG Bijay Kumar Sharma informed about the investigation being undertaken through his twitter account. “FIR filed by ADMO(Medical) of Berhampur has been registered inter alia under sections 65/66 of Information Technology Act and 385 IPC”, he mentioned in his micro blogging site.”
