A Gold Coast, Australian medical centre has been hacked by Russian hackers. The hackers demanded payment of $4000 for the files to be decrypted. The server with encrypted information is being held offline and an IT contractor is working with the practice to restore a backup of patient records. There have been 11 similar offences in Queensland this year, according to police. Cyber extortion is on the rise, with hackers accessing systems via weaknesses in installed programs such as Flash and Adobe Reader, says IT security expert Ty Miller.
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