attacked by hackers and that could be a larger issue, especially for britain for the hospitals because that means private health information would be covered. and if that falls into the hands of cyber attackers that s a major problem. and the ransom ware holds the system hostage. what happens if you don t pay? ransom ware, exactly, it holds the system hostage. it eclipsed all of your data, you re completely locked out. you can pay or if this kay, $300 bitcoin, it went up, it s now $600. hackers enjoy it because it remains anonymous. unfortunately, if you decide to pay, they might not actually provide you with a pass code but declick your files. many experts say don t pay because you don t know if you re getting your pass codes. and you re also kind of motivating these hackers to
doctors offices. we ve got no access to the records, no access to electronic prescriptions. no access to investigations on patients. reporter: millions of computers in more than 70 countries have been infected including russia s interior ministry, chinese cyberagencies and u.s. fed e. the virus called wannacry infects first through e-mail rapidly expanding across the country, hitting computers to gain $300 billion in bitcoin. first identified by the national security agency and then leaked by hackers. the goal, not patient files or data, just money. it makes the files on your system unreadable. really, the only way to unlock those files is by paying a sum of money. reporter: last year, a