Hackers Demand $3.6 Million From Hollywood Hospital Following Cyber-Attack

  • 15 February 2016
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Hospital staff severely impeded in their day-to-day work

 
Feb 14, 2016 23:05 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu  The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, a 430+ beds hospital in the middle of Los Angeles, has been hit by a cyber-attack and its systems are now being held hostage by hackers that are demanding a ransom.
 
The incident took place at the start of February but was kept quiet the hospital's staff and management, who called in local police and the FBI to help investigate the incident, along with a cyber-forensics firm.
 
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Zeljka Zorz - February 18, 2016
 
“The reports of the hospital paying 9000 Bitcoins or $3.4 million are false. The amount of ransom requested was 40 Bitcoins, equivalent to approximately $17,000,” he noted. “The quickest and most efficient way to restore our systems and administrative functions was to pay the ransom and obtain the decryption key. In the best interest of restoring normal operations, we did this.”
 
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Ouch!!!! This just confirms my last statement the hospitals and medical facilities are not taking security seriously and need to beef up the security measures. Now this hospital is in trouble.

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