Hackers targeted more than 1,400 files, the names of every one temporarily changed to I’m sorry They gave the hospital seven days to pay or files would be permanently encrypted. No personal patient information was taken by the hackers, said Hancock Health CEO Steve Long. Attack was not result of employee opening a malware-infected email, a common tactic used to hack computer systems, Long said. By Monday, the hospitals computers systems were up and running, though Long anticipated there could be some glitches to address.”]
Source: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2018/01/16/01162018dr_hancock_health_pays_ransom/