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Could You Afford Not to Have Ransomware Protection?

It’s terrifying to think that a hospital in the UK would have to turn away all but critical patients due to a ransomware outbreak, let alone three!

But that is what three hospitals in Alabama are having to do following a debilitating ransomware infection.

Hitting at the start of last week, DCH Health Systems announced: “”A criminal is limiting our ability to use our computer systems in exchange for an as-yet unknown payment.” New admissions were diverted, ambulances sent to other hospitals and all but those who were critical were sent to other facilities.

Whilst the systems were down, staff had to use paper copies of everything instead of digital records.

Now, it has already happened in the UK, when WannaCry hit the NHS like a wrecking ball back in 2017. It cost over £92 million, locked out users on 200,000 computers and resulted in over 19,000 appointments being cancelled.

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