Cybercriminals Hack Hospital PCs Demand Whopping 9000 BTC Ransom

 

It has been more than a week now that Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center’s (HPMC) computers have remained down due to a severe ransomware attack. The attackers have asked for $3.6million or 9,000 BTC in ransom and it seems that until it is paid, the systems will remain inaccessible
The hospital staff is trying its best to deal with the damages since they have lost access to some of the patients’ data and their email accounts. Computers responsible for conducting several key operations such as documentation, CT scans, pharmacy and lab work are currently down. The staff is left with few other options and so, they are relying on fax machines and telephones to keep the day-to-day operations of the hospital running.
 

Thank you for demonstrating the problem with connecting every single computer you own to the internet.
Why is this relevant ? The forced (as in totally against your will do any dirty trick to make you do it) upgrade to Windows 10 demands your computer be online all the time to receive updates and to use your "software as a service" (ie: you don't own it , and you need to be connected for it to work).
Basically , you're trying to stay offline to avoid being hacked, and money soft is demanding you stay online all the time so you can be hacked. Oh and they don't care about anything but making money. Hand over the cash and who cares if you go bankrupt they got the whole world as their customers. 

PS: Everyone get an old junker and put Linux on it and start practicing , because at the rate we're going , that old clunker is going to be the only computer you got running. I recommend some version of Ubuntu , since it's easy to use.