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Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. However, local institutions appear to have been left unscathed.
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Local health care and financial institutions appear to have been left unscathed by the massive ransomware cyberattack that struck hospitals, companies and government agencies Friday.
The Queen’s Medical Center made it through the one-day blitz without any evidence of attack, said spokesman Cedric Yamanaka.
“Our IT department is aware of it, and they’re monitoring the situation,” Yamanaka said.
Likewise, information technology staffers at Hawaii Pacific Health did not detect any signs of ransomware infection within its network of Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Medical Center and Wilcox Medical Center and a network of 70 other health care locations, according to spokeswoman Kristen Bonilla.
Bank of Hawaii spokesman Stafford Kiguchi said the bank installed a software patch designed to protect its networks from such an attack several months ago. Kiguchi said ongoing monitoring of the bank’s computers turned up no evidence of ransomware or other malware.
First Hawaiian Bank also made it through the day without being affected by the widespread attack.
