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Australians’ medical records being held ransom by Russian hackers

Posted on December 11th, by Michael Shapiro-Barr

Patients at an Australian medical clinic have fallen victim to Russian hackers, who are demanding $4,200 to decrypt the patients medical records, which were forcibly encrypted by the attackers.  The Miami Family Medical Center, located in Queensland, has refused to pay the ransom demand.

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