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Old 06-04-2021, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Boffin View Post
UF Health-The Villages Hospital has been forced to operate by pen and paper thanks to a ransomware attack which has shut down the computer system.

The hospital has not officially acknowledged the attack, but an official with knowledge of the situation confirmed what has taken place, both at the hospital in The Villages and Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

Both hospitals operate under the UF Health system. Other hospitals in that system are reportedly not impacted and functioning normally.
The bad thing about this is, the companies or businesses
are paying these terrorist off, now they’re like other companies & our legal systems aren’t doing anything about it.