Ransomware attacks such as at South Bend's Allied Physicians are becoming common
"“It would be hard to prove that records haven’t been made,” said Scott Shackelford, a cybersecurity expert and associate professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
SamSam works by gaining access to a computer system and encrypting all of the data so that it is useless unless a ransom is paid. Once that happens — generally with Bitcoin or some other type of cryptocurrency — thieves provide a key to unlock the data.