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Network attacks crippling the city of Birmingham and now Ascension's Saint Vincent's hospital
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Scott Cruz who's a instructor at Sanford
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University says that ransomware
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continues to be a big threat for a lot
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of Industries and he mentions too that
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when you see organizations having uh you
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know their computer systems rolling back
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in gradually it means they probably
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found their backup data and they just
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need more time to get back online and
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that could be the case for the city of
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Birmingham and
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Ascension Scott Cruz is a cyber security
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instructor at sford University
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ransomware attacks have become very
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common we talked about the latest
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ransomware attack Ascension St Vincent's
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Hospital is going through and why major
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companies and governments are the
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victims those are the the budgets that
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are able to pay uh individuals aren't
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usually targeted directly from
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ransomware uh to the level that
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businesses are individuals may never be
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the intended target Cruz says but they
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may eventually see it impact them I
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think it's really important for us as
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individuals and as companies to be smart
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with our activities online Ascension
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says some of its retail pharmacies in
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Alabama are not operational they want
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patients to bring their prescription
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information so they can get their
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medicine filled at another Pharmacy the
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hospital is also transitioning to a
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manual system for patient documentation
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patients with upcoming surgery should
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bring a list of current medications and
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notes of their symptoms the city of
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Birmingham is still recovering from its
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Network disruption in March while this
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current budget process is unique our
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Focus would not wait from lifting up
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each neighborhood the city's Financial
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Officer says his office needs more time
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to work on the budget because their
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Department's computers took a hit we
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have about nine weeks of information
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that we've done on a manual process that
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now has to be put back into our
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financial system then we have to
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continue to operate on a day-to-day
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basis using that manual system crew says
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it's important all companies prioritize
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and invest in cyber security to prevent
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a ransomware that can be through um
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securing your data but it can also be
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through just planning what do we need to
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do do we need to purchase cyber security
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insurance so that we can transfer this
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risk the Birmingham City's uh Chief
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Financial Officer mentioned today that
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they did not find any threat to the
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city's system and while we wait to find
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out what caused this Ransom wear for
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Ascension they say that their emergency
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room and Urgent Cares are open and
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operational we're live in Birmingham of
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