Topic: [2016-02-18] Hollywood hospital pays $17K bitcoin ransom to cyberattackers (Read 293 times)
February 18, 2016, 02:03:11 AM
I did not think they would pay it. Instead of them focussing on the fact it was Bitcoin why not just say 17K in ransom, leaving off the Bitcoin.
February 17, 2016, 09:38:51 PM
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a roughly $17,000 ransom in Bitcoins to free itself from a cyberattack that crippled its internal computer system, the hospital’s president said Wednesday.
The attack began Feb. 5, preventing hospital staff from accessing selected computer systems and blocking electronic communications, according to hospital President/CEO Allen Stefanek.
“Law enforcement was immediately notified,” he said. “Computer experts immediately began assisting us in determining the outside source of the issue and bringing our systems back online.”
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2016/02/17/hollywood-hospital-pays-17k-bitcoin-ransom-to-cyberattackers/
The attack began Feb. 5, preventing hospital staff from accessing selected computer systems and blocking electronic communications, according to hospital President/CEO Allen Stefanek.
“Law enforcement was immediately notified,” he said. “Computer experts immediately began assisting us in determining the outside source of the issue and bringing our systems back online.”
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2016/02/17/hollywood-hospital-pays-17k-bitcoin-ransom-to-cyberattackers/
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