WICHITA, Kan. A hospital held hostage by hackers and denied access to its files until it pays a ransom. It’s a crime that’s been reported across the country, and now it’s happened in Wichita.
It’s called “ransomware” – hackers hijack your computer and hold the data until you pay up.
The Kansas Heart Hospital is the latest victim of this attack.
The hospital’s president, Dr. Greg Duick, says the hackers never got access to patient information, but the attack did cause problems.
“Kansas Heart Hospital had a cyber attack occur late Wednesday evening,” Duick said. “We suspect, as attacks other parts of the country, this was an offshore operation,” he said.
Duick says hackers holding hospital files hostage is very common.
“Upwards of 45% of hospitals have received some kind of cyber attack. And multiple hospitals had additional attacks,” he said. For the full article click here
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