Russian hackers say they plan to release information on data files stolen from the servers at Methodist McKinney Hospital and two of its nearby surgery centers.
Tonight, an unknown number of North Texans should prepare for their personal information to be sold on the dark web.
Cyber security experts like Andrew Sternke and other threat analysts say the hospital's decision not to pay ransom was the correct one. Brett Callow, a threat analyst, agreed."I think it was absolutely the right call. Had the hospital paid, it had no guarantees that the data would have been deleted."
Methodist McKinney has not commented beyond a statement urging its patients to watch for fraud by"...reviewing your account statements, explanation of benefit forms, and monitoring your free credit reports for suspicious activity and to detect errors."Yet security experts tell us more than 50 hospitals across the US have had data stolen by hackers this year alone.
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