Ransomware

A cyber attack on the Irish health system has crippled the country's healthcare system for a week, banning access to patient records, delaying Covid-19 tests and forcing medical appointments to be canceled.Using ransomware, malware that…

An ambulance arrives at the A and E departments of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin on Monday January 18, 2021.Artur Widak | NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe Irish health service shut down its computer systems on Friday…

An oil and gas pipeline system that had to be shut down on Friday after a ransomware attack is not expected to be "substantially" restored until the end of the week, the operator Colonial Pipeline announced on Monday."As this situation…