Cenk Uygur
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Hospital Pays Hacker’s Ransom In Bitcoins
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February 20, 2016
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February 20, 2016
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4:32Now PlayingA Los Angeles hospital paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoin to hacker who took over its electronic system. This is Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and apparently they didn’t have access to electronic communications to one another. Allen Stefanek said in a statement at paying the ransom was the quickest and most efficient way of regaining access to affected systems. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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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.
Stefanek said there was no evidence that any patient or employee information was accessed in the so-called malware attack, and that the hospital fully restored access to its electronic medical record system this Monday.
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