5 hospitals, health systems that paid hackers’ ransom

Although paying ransom to hackers is not recommended, some hospitals and health systems have made the tough choice to pay a ransom to restore their networks quicker.

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Five hospitals and health systems that paid a ransom to hackers:

Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital began notifying patients that some of their protected health information had been stolen by hackers. In exchange for an undisclosed amount, hackers gave assurance that acquired PHI would be destroyed, the hospital said in a May 28 online statement. 

University of California San Francisco Health confirmed that it paid $1.14 million to hackers after a June 1 ransomware attack on its medical school’s computer servers. 

Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health said it paid an undisclosed amount in ransom to stop a cyberattack that had caused a two-day shutdown of its computer network, according to a Dec. 3, 2019, report.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System said it had paid hackers an undisclosed ransom to restore access to locked systems at its three hospitals in October 2019.

Greenfield, Ind.-based Hancock Health forked over $55,000 in ransom after files on part of its network were locked, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s Hospital Review in January 2018.

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