The complaints peaked in October with 302 reports of ransomware, which is malicious software that infects a computer system and threatens to publish the victim’s data or block access to it unless a ransom is paid.
The rest of 2020 had just two months with 200 ransomware complaints to the FBI, according to the data, which does not capture unreported ransomware attacks.
The bureau did not track ransomware attacks by industry, but contemporaneous reports show that the health care industry was under siege.
Sky Lakes Medical Center in Oregon was hit with ransomware in October. Spokesman Tom Hottman said he recalled reading about dozens of similar attacks nationwide in the same time frame.
Ex-Klamath Falls detective accused of using drugs in evidence before crash
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A former Klamath Falls police detective was arrested Tuesday on drugged and reckless driving, official misconduct and other charges, accused of causing a crash while under the influence of fentanyl that was being held as evidence in unrelated cases.
Thomas Dwayne Reif was driving his assigned vehicle when the multiple-vehicle crash occurred on Nov. 27, Oregon State Police said. Just before, Klamath County dispatchers got a call describing a reckless driver on South Sixth Street.
Medics found Reif unresponsive and not breathing, but he was quickly stabilized at Sky Lake Medical Center. No one else was hurt in the crash.
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