Los Angeles hospital paid $17,000 in bitcoin to ransomware hackers
by Danny Yadron in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#14A5T)
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had lost access to its computer systems since 5 February after hackers installed a virus that encrypted their files
A Los Angeles hospital hit by ransomware swallowed the bitter pill: it paid off the hackers.
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had lost access to its computer systems since 5 February after hackers installed a virus that encrypted their computer files. The only out was if the hospital paid the hackers $17,000 worth of bitcoins, the digital currency.
