Becker's Healthcare June 6, 2024
Giles Bruce

HHS warned hospitals to be on the lookout for distributed denial-of-service cyberattacks.

DDoS attacks have grown over the years, but 2023 saw an “unforeseen” acceleration in their number and sophistication, according to the May 30 analyst note from HHS’ Office of Information Security and Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center.

These attacks differ from denial-of-service (or DoS) events in that they originate from multiple sources and send a larger amount of traffic into victim systems at...

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