Hackers hijack computers hospital

hollywood - Doctors and nurses from a hospital in Hollywood can already more than a week longer use their computers after an attack by cybercriminals.

On the computers at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center is called
install ransomware. That software makes the computer unusable until a ransom is paid to the criminals. According to local news stations require the hacker $ 3.4 million (3 million euros).

According to the hospital's daily operations do not suffer the attack. However, many issues must now be done with pen and paper, to the annoyance of staff. So doctors can no longer with the patient data and new patients must be registered manually.

Also, patients should pick up their test results themselves because email does not work anymore. The communication goes further by phone and fax.

The FBI is investigating the case.