Los Angeles hospital paid $17,000 ransom to hackers to regain control of computers
- Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was hacked on February 5
- The cyber criminals had demanded $3.4million to give them control back But the accepted a lower fee – the cash equivalent of 40 bitcoins
- CEO Allen Stefanek said patient care was not affected during the attack
By WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESSPUBLISHED: 20:17 EST, 17 February 2016 | UPDATED: 22:12 EST, 17 February 2016
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I guess they need to fire their current CEO, CIO, CTO, CISO, CDRP, and their IT audit leadership.
Some these should be working as clerks in Walmart or McDonalds. If they can make the cut!
Oh BTW where were “the regulators”?
Argh!
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