Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
A new report of a survey of around 30 midsized hospitals by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) concludes that health care entities should be prepared for an increase in ransomware attacks in the near future.
HITRUST surveyed the hospitals in late 2015 and found that 52 percent of the hospitals were infected with malicious…
Days after hackers held Hollywood Presbyterian’s health information hostage (view related post), the Los Angeles County Health Department was hit with a ransomware attack that reportedly affected five computers. According to the Health Department, the ransomware did not spread or compromise the Department’s network.
No ransom was paid in this case. How did it…
