Hackers unleashed malware this week that encrypted data throughout the Maryland-based health system that runsUnion Memorial Hospital.
The MedStar Health data is now frozen, and the hackers want a ransom to free it up again. The Baltimore Sunreported the details of the request on Wednesday:
The deal proposed by the hackers is this: Send 3 bitcoins — $1,250 at current exchange rates — for the digital key to unlock a single infected computer, or 45 bitcoins — about $18,500 — for keys to all of them.
An image sent to Washington Post reporters said a message that appeared on employees’ screens gave the hospital 10 days to comply.
Read more at Technical.ly Baltimore
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