Cybercriminals Target Lincoln Health Care Company With Ransomware
Lincoln – A Lincoln health care company has been targeted by cybercriminals, but company officials said there’s no evidence of any patient data being compromised.
NRC Health said it immediately shut down its system Feb. 11 to contain the ransomware attack, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. The company has reported the attack to the FBI.
Chief Information Officer Paul Cooper said NRC Health has made significant progress in restoring services to customers and expects full restoration “in the coming days.” NRC Health offers performance measurement and management services for health care companies.
“At this time, there is still no evidence of unauthorized access to or acquisition of any data from our systems, including protected health information or other confidential information as a result of this incident,” Cooper said.
Ransomware renders files inaccessible unless a computer user pays the cybercriminals to release them. It’s not clear whether NRC paid any ransom.
Company officials didn’t immediately return calls from The Associated Press.
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