US & Canada Cyber Agencies Issue Alert To Healthcare Providers For Ransomware
US and Canada cyber security agencies issued an alert last week regarding an increasing number of ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. Five providers, in just the last month alone, have been infected with such computer viruses, and often they are forced to pay Bitcoin ransoms. “Malicious software” infected the computer system at Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego last month. Two other hospitals, Chino Valley Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, were also infected. Each of these infected parties is a Prime Healthcare Hospital. In Indiana,....
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