Why Healthcare Gets Hit Hardest With Cyberattacks

Why Healthcare Gets Hit Hardest With Cyberattacks

Our health data is some of the most confidential information we have, and the systems that most healthcare companies use to protect it from cybercrooks are somewhat sickly. Thanks to a toxic mix of aging hardware, outdated software and shoestring operating budgets, they’re increasingly susceptible to cybercriminals who are not only lured by a gold mine of data but also armed with state-of-the-art hacking tools, experts told The Daily Upside, lea…

Health-ISAC Heartbeat flags surge in ransomware, VPN exploits across healthcare systems | #ransomware | #cybercrime - National Cyber Security Consulting

A continuous trend of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches impacting health sector organizations over the past year has been disclosed in the First Quarter 2025 Health-ISAC Heartbeat. While ransomware events saw a slight decrease in the third quarter of 2024, ransomware events continued to trend upward for the fourth quarter and into the first quarter […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post Health-ISAC Heartbeat flags surge …

Scam of the Day – June 10, 2025 – Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Data Breach Class Action Settled

In the Scam of the day for June 14, 2023 I told you that health insurance company Harvard Pilgrim disclosed that it had suffered a major data breach and ransomware attack affecting more than 2.5 million people.  This particular data breach is quite serious because among the records compromised were Social Security numbers and medical histories.  Now a class action on behalf of the victims of the data breach has been settled and people affected b…

Cloud and genAI usage in sector brings new cyber risks

Cybercriminals don’t act in an ethical way, so have no problem preying on older people, hospital patients, or healthcare entities. For them, it seems, the financial opportunity is too good to miss. It’s crucial that the health and care sectors operate with high cybersecurity and data protection standards, in order to keep our most vulnerable citizens and their sensitive data safe.  The healthcare sector has consistently been Australian cyber’s w…

Self-Healing Networks Help Healthcare Organizations Optimize Performance and Enhance Security

Downtime in healthcare is unacceptable. Organizations need to be able to maintain continuity of care at all times. While cyberattacks and natural disasters are major threats to network uptime, IT issues can also lead to costly outages. Network issues should be resolved as quickly as possible to prevent an impact on patients or clinicians. Self-healing networks can deliver automated operational and security improvements to maintain healthcare upt…

The Hidden Cost of Healthcare Data Breaches - Health IT Answers

By Lance Reid - Cybersecurity threats are no longer abstract risks for healthcare organizations, they are routine, disruptive and increasingly dangerous. Whether you're a major hospital system or a rural clinic, the risk is real. Cybercriminals want access to sensitive patient data, and they’re becoming more sophisticated every day in how they go about getting it. The post The Hidden Cost of Healthcare Data Breaches appeared first on Health IT A…