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Coronavirus: Cyber criminals threaten to hold hospitals to ransom - Interpol
Interpol warns that ransomware attacks could lead directly to deaths as healthcare resources are stretched by the crisis.
As hospitals around the world struggle to handle the influx of COVID-19 patients, cyber criminals are threatening to exploit the crisis and hold them to ransom, according to an Interpol warning.
The agency has issued a global alert to healthcare organisations about ransomware attacks, in which criminals lock organisations out of their own computer systems until a ransom is paid.
As hospitals around the world struggle to handle the influx of COVID-19 patients, cyber criminals are threatening to exploit the crisis and hold them to ransom, according to an Interpol warning.
The agency has issued a global alert to healthcare organisations about ransomware attacks, in which criminals lock organisations out of their own computer systems until a ransom is paid.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-cyber-criminals-threaten-to-hold-hospitals-to-ransom-interpol-11968602