The American company Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 500-listed medical-services provider, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. As reported by ZDNet.
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Staff say some UHS hospitals have had to operate without computer systems.
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Problems affected UHS medical centers in North Carolina and Texas. Reddit users also reported similar incidents in Arizona, Florida and California.
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According to some reports, UHS systems were attacked by Ryuk. Official confirmation has not been obtained.
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According to media reports, the creators of Ryuk moved more than $1 million in bitcoins via the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
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