US Wickenburg Community Hospital Jun 2019 Malware Attack (Q14124)
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A data breach risk event
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US Wickenburg Community Hospital Jun 2019 Malware Attack
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A data breach risk event
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June 2019
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The cyber-attack affected hospital and clinic phone systems, allowing outbound calls but not inbound calls and, shared files were not accessible. According to information provided by the FBI, suspected Ryuk ransomware encrypts files on network shares and an infected computers file system. Once a system is compromised, the attacker encrypts all the networks files and demands a ransom to be paid in cryptocurrency. (English)
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