Security Firm Confirms 'Petya' Has Affected Medical Devices

Over the past week security experts around the world have scrambled to contain the so-called "Petya" worm that has severely crippled corporations and at least one reported health-care system in Pennsylvania. Now the security company TrapX confirms to Medtech Insight that at least one other hospital in the US has been affected by the malware, which has affected legacy medical devices at the facility.

Ori Bach, TrapX's VP for products and marketing, says they have a hospital client in the US that has been infected by the Petya worm, which has prevented medical devices...