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What happens when hackers attack a hospital?

Name: What happens when hackers attack a hospital?
Uploaded: 2017-08-18T07:35:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Description: The medical industry is the new No. 1 target for hackers, and almost all U.S. health care organizations have reported at least one cyberattack. For "CBSN: On Assignment," CBS News correspondent Reena Ninan visits an upstate New York hospital where hackers took down the computer system for six weeks. Watch the full report on Monday, Aug. 21, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and CBSN.

The medical industry is the new No. 1 target for hackers, and almost all U.S. health care organizations have reported at least one cyberattack. For "CBSN: On Assignment," CBS News correspondent Reena Ninan visits an upstate New York hospital where hackers took down the computer system for six weeks. Watch the full report on Monday, Aug. 21, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and CBSN.