{"id":53176,"date":"2016-04-28T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53176"},"modified":"2016-04-28T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:52:02","slug":"over-50-of-hospitals-affected-by-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/over-50-of-hospitals-affected-by-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50% of Hospitals Affected By Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study shows that over 50% of America&#8217;s hospitals affected by ransomware&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When we say ransomware is becoming an epidemic, we mean it.\u00a0 According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthitoutcomes.com\/doc\/most-hospitals-have-experienced-ransomware-attacks-0001\" target=\"_blank\">Health IT Outcomes<\/a>,\u00a0a recent study done by <em>Healthcare<\/em><i> IT News<\/i> and HIMSS Analytics, found that more than half of healthcare organizations have been the target of 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