Bitcoin Linked to Major Hospital Cyberattack: UK Media
A Luxembourg-based trust services provider is teaming up with the Blockchain identity startup Cambridge Blockchain to launch a dedicated platform for the European Union. LuxTrust, which provides digital identity solutions to businesses and government, will develop an entirely separate platform using the Blockchain. “Working with Cambridge Blockchain allows us to augment the scope of provided identities, including attributes for new sectors and businesses and will enable users to share personal data fully respecting the increasingly stringent European regulatory framework,” CEO Pascal....
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A growing number of clinics and doctors around the world are embracing digital currency and using Bitcoin as an option for patients to pay their bills. Generally speaking. However, this option is only available for minor procedures and standard doctor's visits. One forward looking hospital is about to change all of that. A private hospital in Poland is about to become the first medical facility to give its patients the option to use Bitcoin to pay for a wider range of healthcare services, including major surgery. To make the process even easier, they are planning to launch a Bitcoin ATM at....
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Another hospital was attacked again with a crypto-locking malware called “Locky.” Henderson Kentucky Methodist Hospital had announced an “Internal State of Emergency” after the system was infected by the malicious computer program. Just after the recent Ottawa hospital attack and the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center extortion, which allowed hackers....