A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. The hospital chain hasnt revealed the amount it has paid to the crooks to decrypt the data. The operations at the hospitals were severely impacted for 10 days during which the hospitals kept treating people, but new patients were sent to other hospitals in Birmingham or Mississippi. Several hospitals and health service providers from the U.S. and Australia were hit by ransomware attacks that forced administrators to shut part of their IT infrastructure.”]
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