A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.<\/p>\n
ChipSoft’s website went down on April 7 and remains unreachable at the time of writing. The company provides hospitals with patient record software, serving around 80 percent of all facilities in the country.<\/p>\n
The ransomware element of the cyberattack was confirmed in an advisory penned by Z-CERT, the Netherlands’ computer emergency response team for the healthcare industry, and included in a statement published on Wednesday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n “On April 7, 2026, Z-CERT received notification that ChipSoft has fallen victim to a ransomware attack,” it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Z-CERT is in contact with ChipSoft, healthcare institutions, and our partners. We are working hard to assess the impact of the incident.”<\/p>\n The Register contacted ChipSoft for more information.<\/p>\n The group behind the attack is not yet known, and despite the disruption to ChipSoft’s public-facing services, the majority of hospitals the company serves are still able to use their patient portals.<\/p>\n The way in which ChipSoft’s software is used varies by customer; some use it for record-keeping more comprehensively than others.<\/p>\n Only 11 hospitals have pulled their software offline, nine of which are among the institutions that use the software more extensively, according to a survey by local news outlet NOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n For hospitals and other healthcare partners concerned about the intrusion, Z-CERT recommends auditing ChipSoft systems for unusual traffic and disclosing anything suspicious via its reporting line.<\/p>\n