Hackers have figured out how easy it is to take down a hospital article tells that when 18 USB sticks were dropped into a hospital, within 24 hours, at least one of them had been plugged into a nurse’s station, infecting it with malware. Hackers were soon able to get into the hospital’s network and take over medicine-dispensing devices.
http://fusion.net/story/278801/hackers-ransomware-hospital-smart-cities/
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Your money or your life! Another hospital goes down to ransomware
Methodist Hospital in Kentucky calls in the FBI and refuses to pay
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/23/your_money_or_your_life_another_hospital_goes_down_to_ransomware/
Another US hospital has had its records scrambled by ransomware trying to extort money from the sawbones. This time: it’s the Methodist Hospital in Kentucky that’s been infected.
“We’ve notified the FBI, we’re dealing with federal authorities on how to deal with it,” the hospital’s chief operating officer David Park told local station News Channel 10. “Depending upon the number of records that were locked, depends upon whether we’re going to consider looking into whether we pay anything or not.”
The hospital reported that patients’ files had been copied, encrypted, and then the originals deleted. The hospital says that its backups are up to date and accessible, so it’s keeping calm and carrying on.