A Canadian hospital's website has been hacked in order to serve up the notorious Teslacrypt ransomware to unsuspecting visitors.
Jérôme Segura, a senior security researcher at Malwarebytes, explains in a blog post that out-of-date server-side software is likely to blame for the site hack of Norfolk General Hospital, which is based in Ontario:
"The web portal is powered by the Joomla CMS, running version 2.5.6 (latest version is 3.4.8) according to a manifest file present on their server. Several vulnerabilities exist for this outdated installation, which could explain why the site has been hacked."
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