Security News

Hollywood Hospital Pays $17K Ransom to Decrypt Files (Threatpost)
2016-02-18 17:47

After being knocked offline for nearly two weeks officials at a California hospital that was hit with ransomware elected to pay attackers on Wednesday.

Hollywood hospital pays ransom to get their computers, files back (Help Net Security)
2016-02-18 17:09

The Hollywood hospital whose systems have been infected with ransomware has paid $17,000 to get the decryption key from the criminals, and is operating normally once again. “On the evening of...

Hollywood hospital’s systems held hostage by hackers (Help Net Security)
2016-02-15 20:25

The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, an “acute-care facility” located in Los Angeles, has had its computer systems compromised by hackers. The attackers are asking for 9,000 Bitcoin...