A ransomware attack\u00a0stuck three Rainbow Children’s Clinic locations in Texas in August.\u00a0 Over 33,000 patients who have rendered services at these facilities, have had their information compromised.\u00a0 The clinic is offering free credit monitoring services to those who have been impacted.<\/p>\n
Information Management<\/a> reported some files have been completely lost due to the ransomware corruption.\u00a0 This leads to speculation that the clinic was not backing up their data, which certainly doesn’t meet IT best practices.<\/p>\n If you find yourself a victim of ransomware, PC Matic <\/a>encourages you to follow these five steps:<\/p>\n To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place, you can click here<\/a>.\u00a0 We have also created a ransomware map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S. this year.\n
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