On January 11th, Hancock Regional Hospital was hit with ransomware<\/a>.\u00a0 After resorting to paper filing, they chose to pay the $55,000 ransom demands.\u00a0 What’s even more shocking is, they had the backup files available to restore the system without paying the ransom.\u00a0 Now, another report has went public regarding another Indiana hospital, that was hit with ransomware on the same day as Hancock Regional.<\/p>\n Adam’s Memorial Hospital, located in Decatur, Indiana was too hit with ransomware on January 11th.\u00a0 Although not confirmed, it is possible the two attacks were related.\u00a0 Both infections took place on January 11th.\u00a0 After encrypting the files, both facilities received messages saying “sorry”.\u00a0 Adam’s Memorial has yet to confirm the ransom demands<\/a>, or if they intend to pay them.\u00a0 They have also not released the name of the ransomware variant.\u00a0 Although based on the encryption screen, it is likely it too was SamSam, the ransomware variant that infiltrated Hancock’s systems.<\/p>\n We have also created a map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S.Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n
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