Hollywood hospital held to ransom by hackers

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Hollywood hospital held to ransom by hackers
Dave Lee

LOS ANGELES: -- Ransomware is a growing menace for computer users - but when a hospital is targeted, it makes the disruption far more serious.

Computer systems at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center have been offline for more than a week following a ransomware attack.

According to local news sources, hackers were said to have demanded $3.4m (£2.4m) to provide the codes to unlock the stolen data.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35584081


-- BBC 2016-02-16

[ezzra]

Now to that to a hospital it is a heartless and despicable act of piracy putting the lives of many people at risk,

I hope they will get caught and sentenced to lengthy terms in jail...

[thaibeachlovers]

Now to that to a hospital it is a heartless and despicable act of piracy putting the lives of many people at risk,

I hope they will get caught and sentenced to lengthy terms in jail...

Those people are heartless and despicable.

Be warned if you have internet banking- it's only going to get worse. They are as clever as the people trying to stop them.

[BuaBS]

Now if only they used their "powers" for good things ... like encrypting the data of the 3 letter spy agencies...

[djlest]

why aint they attacking ISIS instead,.

[thaibeachlovers]

why aint they attacking ISIS instead,.

How do you know they ain't IS themselves? Nice little earner.