Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had lost access to its computer systems since 5 February after hackers installed a virus that encrypted their filesA Los Angeles hospital hit by ransomware swallowed the bitter pill: it paid off the hackers. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had lost access to its computer systems since 5 February after hackers installed a virus that encrypted their computer files. The only out was whether the hospital paid the hackers $17000 worth of bitcoins, the digital currency.
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Source: theguardian.com