Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was forced to pay a ransom if it wanted its critical data back from hackers who encrypted its computers. Bloggers see a lesson for all of us: Backups arent backups unless you can restore them! The hospitals CEO announced hed spent around $17,000 in Bitcoin after a week of failure to restore important health data, email, and other critical stuff, presumably. The hospital said it was able to restore all its computer systems.”]
Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3034721/hollywood-hospital-ransomware-40-bitcoin-itbwcw.html