L.A. Hospital Pays Off Ransomware Thieves To Reclaim Its Network (google.com)

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.)

Comments

Re:How much is that in commodity medical supplies?

[Rinikusu]

17 of those Shkreli specials.

Now What?

[Irate Engineer]

I'm sure that they are going to take the $3.6 million that they didn't have to pay during this episode and devote that to upgrading and securing their systems to prevent the possibility of future attacks like this. That would be the smart thing to do.

Right?

Re:So, will they ever spend these bitcoin?

[Time_Ngler]

Only if they can get the courts to force a silicon valley company to do it for them

Re:That's expensive

[Anonymous Coward]

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