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Attacked by hackers and that could be a larger issue, especially for britain for the hospitals because that means private health information would be covered. and if that falls into the hands of cyber attackers that's a major problem. >> and the ransom ware holds the system hostage. what happens if you don't pay? >> ransom ware, exactly, it holds the system hostage. it eclipsed all of your data, you're completely locked out. you can pay or if this kay, $300 bitcoin, it went up, it's now $600. hackers enjoy it because it remains anonymous. unfortunately, if you decide to pay, they might not act...

Doctors offices. >> we've got no access to the records, no access to electronic prescriptions. no access to investigations on patients. >> reporter: millions of computers in more than 70 countries have been infected including russia's interior ministry, chinese cyberagencies and u.s.' fed e. the virus called wannacry infects first through e-mail rapidly expanding across the country, hitting computers to gain $300 billion in bitcoin. first identified by the national security agency and then leaked by hackers. the goal, not patient files or data, just money. >> it makes the files on your system ...