(单词翻译:单击)
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What do you do when hackers kidnap your data and hold it for ransom?
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in California recently faced that question.
The hospital's management decided it was worth forking over $17,000 in bitcoin cyber currency to regain access to their patient digital information and other data held hostage by a malicious software program.
Ransomware, as it has come be known, has been around for years, but this hospital case is perhaps the most egregious example of its use as part of a cyber attack.
The medical center issued a statement saying that patient care was not compromised while their data was unavailable.
Still, it's unsettling to hear that a hospital is shut out of parts of its own computer systems and unable to communicate electronically.
Ransomware does its dirty work by encrypting files until a ransom payment releases the decryption key.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this case is that the hackers asked for only $17,000—not that much money to an institution that that pulls in hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
But it's almost certain that future instances of ransomware attacks will involve more exorbitant demands.
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黑客窃取你的数据并以此为要挟向你索要赎金时，你该怎么办呢?
加利福尼亚州的好莱坞长老会医疗中心最近就遇到了这样的问题。
这间医院管理层决定支付17,000美元虚拟比特币赎回病人数据及其它被恶意软件程序所控制的信息数据。
Ransomware已经存在很多年，但这间医院所遇到的情况则是利用该软件进行网络攻击事件中最为恶劣的一次。
该医院发表声明称尽管个人信息受到破坏，但病人的治疗不会受到因此而妥协。
但令人深感不安的是，这间医院的部分电脑系统被迫关闭，无法进行电子沟通。
该恶意软件是对文件提前进行非法恶意加密，直到赎金交付后再公布解密钥匙。
或许这次事件最令人吃惊的是黑客只索要17，000美元的赎金—这些钱对这样一个每年财政预算成百上千万美元的研究机构而言不是很大的数目。
但可以肯定的是，将来可能会有提出更为无理要求的袭击事件。
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重点讲解
1.hold for 举行
例句:He tends to buy stocks in quality companies that he can hold for a long time.
他喜欢买进优质公司的股票，长期持有。
2.access to 获得
例句:Whether it's a computer, a tablet or a smartphone, there will always be a user contingent that wants access to all the knobs and buttons to tweak the product and service as much as they like.
无论应用的系统是计算机、平板电脑还是智能手机，总会有一部分用户希望自己有权使用所有按钮，尽可能地发掘和应用产品与服务的各种功能。
3.medical center 医疗中心
例句:I have to take him to the medical center.
我要带他去医疗中心。
4.ask for 要求
例句:Student leaders appeared on television to ask for calm.
学生领袖出现在电视上请求大家保持冷静。
