As we've been reporting President Biden is warning American business owners that they could be a target of a Russian cyber attack.

And cyber attacks are something some Nebraska companies know all too well, some you've heard about, some you haven't.

Here's NCN's in-depth report (view our full video report above):

An Omaha hospital, Ortho Nebraska, has something in common with the City of Atlanta, the Port of San Diego and 200 other public and private operations.

What they have in common are these two men.

Iranians wanted by the FBI in what officials describe as the Sam-Sam ransomware case, the "first-of-its-kind...21st century digital blackmail."

NCN’s Joe Jordan: In a little publicized hack dating back six years, News Channel Nebraska has learned that in 2016 Ortho Nebraska was targeted in an international scheme that cost the hospital and the others a total of $30 million; those two Iranian hackers said to have collected $6 million in ransom.

The Sam-Sam ransomware case coming five years before last year’s highly publicized ransomware on the 5,500 mile-long Colonial Pipeline.

The hack caused gas shortages and long lines at the pumps across the southeast.

The attack ending after the company's decision to pay a reported $5 million in ransom.

And then there was the cyber attack on meatpacking giant JBS, which has Nebraska plants in Omaha and Grand Island, that found JBS paying a reported $11 million in ransom, sparking a new bill from Congressman Don Bacon.

Rep. Don Bacon, Nebraska CD-2 (R): “What we found was the Colonial Pipeline, but also JBS when it was attacked, there was a lot of confusion with the federal government. What was their responsibilities? Which agency is supposed to do what? And we need to get rid of this confusion. This is not going to stop, and the federal government needs to have a game plan for how to defend the private sector.” 

One thing the government has frowned on is paying ransom.

Jen Psaki, White House Spokesperson (May, 2021): “It is not in the interests of the private sector for companies to pay ransom because it incentivizes these actions.”

As for Ortho Nebraska, it apparently got off easy; paying $2,000 but not saying if it would pay again.

That while the criminal case is on indefinite hold.

According to federal prosecutors, the two suspects live in Iran likely out of the reach of US authorities.