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February 18, 2016 06:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/W4FksxfysHc/la-hospital-pays-off-ransomware-thieves-to-reclaim-its-network
L.A. Hospital Pays Off Ransomware Thieves To Reclaim Its Network
Los Angeles' Presbyterian Medical Center, the target of a successful ransomware attack (successful from the thieves' point of view, that is) has buckled under: to regain control of its network, the hospital has paid a 40-bitcoin ransom (about $17,000) to the gang responsible. That, at least, is a far cry from the much higher ransom widely reported to have been initially demanded: 9,000 bitcoin. (That would have meant a payment of $3.6-3.9 million.)Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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