Ransomware attack targets Adams Memorial Hospital

DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) – Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted some of its computer servers on Thursday, January 11.
Ransomware is a malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a set amount of money is paid to the initiators of the attack. Adams Health Network has not disclosed the sum of the ransom request or whether it complied.
An employee brought the problem to the attention of administrat