Ransomware is malware that encrypts data on the endpoints it infects. If successful, the malware displays a note demanding payment in the form of untraceable digital currency. Allscripts handles data for 180,000 physicians, 100,000 electronic prescribing physicians, 40,000 in-home clinicians, 2,700 hospitals, 13,000 extended care organizations and 7 million patients across the U.S. Allscripts has not yet issued a public statement on the attack, but some facilities relying on their own server were less severely affected than those relying on cloud-hosted services.”]