U.S. hospitals have been hit by the global ransomware attack

The ransomware is linked to a leaked vulnerability originally kept by the National Security Agency. Major corporations across the world have been hit by a wave of ransomware attacks that encrypt computers and then demand that users pay $300 to a bitcoin address to restore access. While countries across Europe -- the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Spain and France, to name a few -- were hit hardest by the outbreak, the virus has now spread to the United States. Today, one of the largest drug makers in ...