CYBERSECURITY
But after many years , and lessons learned , later why is healthcare still such a target for cyber attacks ?
“ The services provided by these systems keep people alive and healthy , any interruption has consequences for patient care ,” says Martin Lee , Technical Lead of Security Research and EMEA lead at Cisco Talos . “ This creates an environment which criminals can exploit to their advantage .”
Healthcare as a target Dealing with life and death certainly creates incentive . For both sides . Healthcare providers are more likely to pay a ransom to get their systems back online , and hackers know that .
Change Healthcare admitted it paid a US $ 22m ransom to the hackers who had targeted them . Although their hack did not directly stop any medical procedures taking place , it did however focus on the leaking of confidential
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