A ransomware attack has crippled an estimated 400 dental practices across the US
"We have no access to the patient charts, schedule, x-rays, or payment ledger," Shae Johnson, the Clinical Coordinator at Dentistry Design in McFarland, Wisconsin, told CNN."The doctor cannot do proper treatment without a chart history and x-rays."Ransomware is a type of virus that locks up a computer and demands a payment for it to be unlocked.
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, until this morning when they got us up running, we were not able to see half of our patients because we were handicapped from taking x-rays. You can't see an emergency patient without an x-ray. You can't see a new patient without x-rays."While his office is able to see patients again, Levine told CNN, some of his computers are still infected."We've been able to work around that.
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