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Cyber thieves target cities and hospitals with ransomware

More hackers are using ransomware to hold computer files hostage for money. In February, a Los Angeles hospital paid about $17,000 worth of bitcoins after a data breach. Since then, several other medical institutions were crippled by ransomware, forcing them to turn away patients.DeMarco Morgan reports on the growing cyber threat.
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