Grays Harbor Community Hospital (WA) Refuses to Pay $1 Million Ransomware Demand
By Admin | August 22, 2019
As reported in Modern Healthcare, on June 15, 2019, Grays Harbor Community Hospital and its Harbor Medical Group discovered databases containing patient electronic health records (EHRs) had been hit by ransomware, which encrypted files across its network. Hackers demanded a ransom of more than one million U.S. dollars in bitcoin, a cryptocurrency. After contacting the FBI, Grays Harbor was advised to not pay the ransomware and is working with security experts to recover the affected databases and re-establish access to the entire electronic medical record (EMR). It is also working with third-party cybersecurity experts to upgrade security systems and protocols, and implement more robust backup procedures.
For more information please read, Grays Harbor Community Hospital (WA) Refuses to Pay $1 Million Ransomware Demand, by Definitive Healthcare.
