The hospital has bowed to the hackers extortion attempt and paid the hackers $17,000 in bitcoin.
Patient care has not been compromised in any way, Stefanek said.
The malware infection was brought upon by a hospital staffer who has not yet been identified.
However, since the ransomware had encrypted all the hospital files making the conducting of normal hospital activities impossible.
The hospital had in fact, been transferring its patients to nearby hospitals to avoid inconvenience to them.
source: www.techworm.net
