Hospital pays hackers $17,000 to unlock EHRs frozen in ‘ransomware’ attack.
By Joseph Conn | February 17, 2016 (This story was updated on Feb. 18, 2016.) A Southern California hospital’s computers have been restored after it paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoins to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its network. The …
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