Hancock Health in Greenfield, Ind., paid hackers about $47,000 to unlock its network after a ransomware attack, according to an article on the Health IT News website.
Hackers logged into a remote access portal using a third-party vendor’s username and password. The virus infected a number of the hospital’s IT system and, according to local reports, the malware targeted over 1,400 files and changed the name of each to “I’m sorry.”
Hancock could have recovered the affected files from backups, it would have taken days or possibly weeks to do so and would have been more expensive, officials said.
Hackers released the files after they retrieved 4 bitcoins.
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