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California Hospital Held Hostage By Hackers by Sphilip1(m): 11:29am On Feb 18, 2016
Source: www.techkibay.com

For about a week now the computers in one of Los Angeles hospitals have been forced to stop functioning. It is believed to be a ransom-ware that might have crept into the internal network.

Medical devices have been thrown offline while patients were transferred to other hospitals.

Report says this is a hand work of some ha*kers who left a request asking for the sum of $3.6 million to restore things back to normal.

ATTACKERS ASKED FOR MORE THAN $3.6 MILLION TO DECRYPT THE SYSTEM

FBI suggest victims should just pay up the required sum as this is not the first time neither will it be the last time such thing is happening.

Continue reading: http://www.techkibay.com/2016/02/california-hospital-held-hostage-by.html
Re: California Hospital Held Hostage By Hackers by Sphilip1(m): 11:32am On Feb 18, 2016
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