Microsoft: Healthcare Sees 300% Surge in Ransomware Attacks

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Healthcare continues to be a prime target for many ransomware organizations due to the sole fact that they know they are a patient first industry. Any excessive downtime can mean life and death and the ransomware operators are counting on that and hoping for a payout. Many organizations have paid (United Healthcare paid $22 million for the Change Healthcare cyberattack). When organizations pay, this emboldens hackers to persist in those sectors. According to the study from Microsoft, ransomware has become such a pronounced issue for the healthcare sector because of its track record of complying with the bad actors and making ransom payments.

No longer is it sufficient to just say you're HIPAA compliant but you need to actively work with your IT team to ensure you stay compliant. Leveraging email scanning, phishing training, and advanced EDR/MDR solutions that are leveraging AI to actively find potential threats.

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