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Hospital pays thousands to end attack known as 'ransomware'

FILE - In this July 22, 2003, file photo, nurses evacuate a patient after a fire broke out on the third floor of the 434-bed the formerly named Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, with visibly blackened windows, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The FBI says Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, it is investigating a computer network extortion plot at the Los Angeles hospital. In the attacks known as "ransomware," hackers lock up an institution's computer network and demand payment to reopen them. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Wednesday that the agency is investigating such a plot at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A large Los Angeles hospital owned by a South Korean company chose to pay hackers who were holding its computer network hostage, a move its CEO said was in its best interest and the most efficient way to end the problem.




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