Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-03-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Columbia Surgical Specialists
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Columbia Surgical Specialists confirms to have paid a $15,000 ransom after being infected by a ransomware on January 9, and having the information of 400,000 patients encrypted.