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Ransomware Forces Hospitals to Shut Down Network, Resort to Paper

Reported by tripwire.com

A strain of ransomware has infected the computer systems of MedStar Health, a healthcare provider operates ten hospitals across the Washington DC and Baltimore region.

The attack has resulted in the organisation taking an extreme measure to stop the infection from spreading further: it has shut down large portions of its network.

Read the full article at tripwire.com