Israeli hospitals warned of possible cyberattack

By Abdel Ra'ouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) — Israeli hospitals have received a warning of possible cyberattacks, local media reported on Saturday.

Hospitals and other healthcare providers received instructions from authorities to disconnect from the Internet, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported.

As a precautionary measure, hospitals have deactivated websites, changed passwords for social networks, and stopped logging into remote systems, it said.

Details were not provided on whether an attack had actually taken place.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi