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Hackers Take Home $17,000 in Ransom After Holding Hospital Computer Network Hostage

Phenny Lynn Palec   |

Feb 19, 2016 06:25 AM EST

A Los Angeles hospital has been forced to pay nearly $17,000 worth of bitcoin as ransom to hackers who were able to penetrate and remotely disable the hospital's computer network. The cyber attack started on Feb. 5 and the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center decided that it was in its best interest to pay the ransom in order to make sure that its computer network remains functional.