L.A. Hospital Pays Hackers $17,000 Ransom for Its Own Computers
Bitcoins for ransom. Welcome to the new world.
Welcome to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where they care about your well-being so much that they’ll pay ransom to emo hipsters so your being continues to be well.
If you have a loved one in the area, you can breathe easy… now.
The 434-bed short-term, acute-care hospital fell victim to a bizarre hack that held its software captive. Most healthcare is technologically advanced working from a server of some kind, so when some hacker says they’ve got your software, you listen.
They did, as seen through this public letter from its president and CEO, Allen Stefanek. The
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