Security News > 2016 > February > Crypto ransomware hits German hospitals (Help Net Security)
2016-02-26 20:31
At least three hospitals in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have been hit with crypto ransomware. One is Lukas Krankenhaus (Lukas Hospital) in Neuss, the second one is Klinikum Arnsberg, an academic teaching hospital that’s part of the Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Münster, and the third one is still unnamed. According to DW, it’s still unclear if they have been hit with the same ransomware, but they didn’t get any targeted ransom demand apart from … More →
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