Hospital pays hackers $17,000 to unlock EHRs frozen in ‘ransomware’ attack A Southern California hospital’s computers have been restored after it paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoins to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its network. The gambit isn’t new, but it appears to be on the rise. Read more here.
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root9B Executive Publishes Zero-Day Exploit Technique To Combat Telephone Scammers
Company’s Emerging Technologies Director releases technical details to thwart Internet criminals targeting and exploiting innocent victims Premier Alliance (OTCQB: PIMO) company continues combating hackers NEW YORK, NY (September 15, 2014) – root9B’s Director of Emerging Technologies, Matt Weeks, has released technical details on a zero-day exploit in a common software application used by Internet criminals […]