A cyberattack on a regional hospital in the Czech Republic disabled its healthcare system for almost a year.
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- The claim that the healthcare system was disabled for 'almost a year' is contradicted by the initial expert assessment published on the day of the Benešov attack (December 11, 2019), which estimated restoration of full operations would take 'several days' (několik dní).
No available source documents a disruption lasting nearly 12 months for either the Benešov or Nymburk hospital cyberattacks.
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- The MEP did not name the specific hospital, making precise verification difficult. The most likely reference is the Nemocnice Benešov attack (December 2019), but a recent attack on Nemocnice Nymburk (July 2025) could also be intended.
- No primary official source (e.g. Czech national cybersecurity agency NÚKIB report, hospital administration statement on recovery timeline) was found to definitively document the full duration of system disruption.
- Only secondary journalistic sources are available; definitive recovery-duration data from hospital administrators or official cybersecurity incident reports could not be located within search limits.
- Sources
- SecondaryiROZHLAS (Czech Radio)Podle odborníků může obnova plného provozu nemocnice v Benešově trvat několik dní. (According to experts, restoration of full operations at the Benešov hospital could take several days.)
- SecondaryiDNES.czNejznámějším případem hackerského útoku v Česku bylo odstavení počítačové sítě a následné ochromení nemocnice v Benešově na konci roku 2019. (The most famous case of a hacker attack in Czechia was the shutdown of the computer network and subsequent crippling of the hospital in Benešov at the end of 2019.)
- SecondaryČT24 (Czech Television)Na nemocnici zaútočil podle policie takzvaný ransomware. Jde o počítačový vir, který šifruje data na počítači a serverech a následně požaduje po poškozeném výkupné. (According to police, the hospital was attacked by so-called ransomware — a computer virus that encrypts data on computers and servers and then demands a ransom.)