Ransomware Forces Hospitals to Shut Down Network, Resort to Paper

Michael Trotter-Lawson
Mar 29, 2016
1 min read

This is yet another significant attack of ransomware against a medical provider, in this case a hospital system in the Washington, DC / Baltimore area.

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/ransomware-forces-hospitals-to-shut-down-network-resort-to-paper/

#medicalproviders #ransomware

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