US Methodist Hospital Mar 2016 Malware Attack (Q14475)
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A data breach risk event
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US Methodist Hospital Mar 2016 Malware Attack
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A data breach risk event
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March 2016
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Methodist Hospital officials say patient information is secure after discovering the hospitals network had been infected with a virus. According to a news release, a ransomware virus got into the system. Ransomware restricts access to the infected computer system and demands that the user pay a ransom to remove the restriction to allow access to its own data and information. Hospital officials stressed that no patient information was compromised. The release said the hospitals Information Systems department immediately shut down the system to prevent the virus from spreading. The IS department was able to identify and quarantine the issue, said Jamie Liles, Methodists manager of development and community outreach. And no patient information was impacted. Our IS department has been working (English)
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