{"id":91681,"date":"2020-09-11T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=91681"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:55:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:55:54","slug":"thailand-plans-to-allocate-1-9-bln-baht-to-fight-ransomware-attack-at-state-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=91681","title":{"rendered":"Thailand plans to allocate 1.9 bln baht to fight ransomware attack at state hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BANGKOK, Sept 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Thailand is considering allocating 1.9 billion baht (RM 252.39 million) to install a security system to prevent ransomware attack at state-run hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Public Health Minister, Sathit Pitutecha, said it is a long-term move to protect data and prevent ransomware attacks at all hospitals run by the Public Health Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe installation process is expected to take one to two years,\u201d he said as quoted by&nbsp;Bangkok Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 5 Sept, Saraburi Hospital, a state-run hospital, was hit by a ransomware attack and hackers demanded a ransom of 63 billion baht in Bitcoin to be paid to unlock the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, inspector-general of Public Health, Sura Wisetsak, said no ransom was&nbsp;paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts believed the virus originated in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANGKOK, Sept 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Thailand is considering allocating 1.9 billion baht (RM 252.39 million) to install a security system to prevent ransomware attack at state-run hospitals. Deputy Public Health Minister, Sathit Pitutecha, said it is a long-term move to protect data and prevent ransomware attacks at all hospitals run by the Public Health Ministry. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":76362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}