[2016-02-18] ET: Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 ransom in bitcoins

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Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 ransom in bitcoins

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/los-angeles-hospital-paid-hackers-17000-ransom-in-bitcoins/articleshow/51034874.cms

The president of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center said on Wednesday that his hospital paid hackers a ransom of $17,000 in bitcoins to regain control of their computer systems after a cyber attack.

Allen Stefanek said in a statement that paying the ransom was the "quickest and most efficient way" of regaining access to the affected systems, which were crippled on Feb. 5 and interfered with hospital staff's ability to communicate electronically.

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Covered in other publications as well.

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/us-hospital-paid-ransom-to-hackers-of-its-computer-network-803847
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hollywood-hospital-pays-bitcoin-ransom-to-hackers-116021900082_1.html