Hollywood Hospital Hit By Ransomware Attack, FBI Investigates

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, is locked in cyber-extortion attack. Hackers are demanding $3.6 million in exchange for unlocking the hospital’s computer systems. The FBI has launched an investigation into a cyberattack on the hospital. The attack appears to be a classic ransomware infection, says Hollywood Presbyterian CEO Allen Stefanek. The hospital has been locked in the attack for more than a week, and “an internal emergency” was declared on Friday, he says.”]

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