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3. That's what some hackers do, shut down

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:25 AM

Jun 2017

your system and demand a ransom.

It sounds like the hospital was waiting for a ransom request and it never came.

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Cyberattack Forces West Virginia Hospital to Scrap Computers [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 OP

They actually thought they could pay a ransom? pangaia Jun 2017 #1

That's what some hackers do, shut down Canoe52 Jun 2017 #3

But I mean, pangaia Jun 2017 #4