India, April 6 -- The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has revealed that it identified a 20-year-old Chinese man as the suspect behind the hacking and attempted extortion of MacKay Memorial Hospital.

Taipei's MacKay Memorial Hospital was hit by a ransomware attack on Feb. 6 by a hacker using the alias "Crazyhunter," which paralyzed the hospital's computer systems and demanded payment in return, Lin Chien-lung, head of the CIB's High-Tech Crime Center said at a news conference, as quoted by Focus Taiwan.

The hospital authority informed about the hacking incident to police.

The CBI and Taipei prosecutors created a joint team to probe the case.

After the hospital refused to pay the ransom, patient data stolen in the attack was put up ...