One morning last month, employees at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City got locked out of portions of their own computer system. That came more than a year after Blue Springs Family Care confirmed it had been hit in May 2018. Both had been hit by ransomware, a form of cyberattack in which malware locks up a computer or computer system, which can severely hamper an organization's operations. The hackers then typically demand a ransom, often paid in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency to avoid detection, before they unlock the computer system to allow access again...
