Computer Virus Hits Kern Medical Center

According to news published by kget on August 8, 2010, was of California-based Kern Medical Center (MMC) is being attacked by malicious software viruses specifically attack the administrative field. On 26 July 2010, MMC against the virus and it took almost fourteen days to clear the system. Dale Robbins, Emergency Department, KMC, said they were largely flying in the blind, according to news kget August 8, 2010. The attack used 13 different types of malware such as viruses, and 800 were affected. In addition, the virus system is so slow that it became almost impossible to get access to patient data. Paul Hensler, CEO of MMC, said he installed several documents pornography MMC system and forced the hospital system to spit a stream of gibberish paper covered, according to reports from the Bakersfield July 29, 2010. Hensler said KMC printers are unattended at the time of virus attack and packs of paper were in vain. Computer viruses are particularly nasty strain that forced the MMC activity back to the age of the paper July 27, 2010 and MMC had to maintain access for mobile devices, online billing systems and other servers. Security experts said the hospital had no idea it was a joke or anything but disastrous results of the attack. Services deer William County IT said it could have come from an unknown email attachment and secure part of the open, according to news kget August 10, 2010. They also stated that the deer viruses in the hospital did not detect the infection electronics, and that he knew nothing about it. This type of attack that happened at other hospitals, but authorities said the virus could have been much worse. Steve Dupre, FBI agent, said he could not disclose details of other cases of attacks against the hospital was like a KMC step, as these cases remain unsolved, according to reports bakersfiled July 29, 2010.