AXIOS September 13, 2024
Sam Sabin

Hospitals are often at a disadvantage against ransomware gangs, and the wrong move can have deadly consequences.

Why it matters: Ransomware continues to pummel health care organizations — disrupting patient care, threatening lives and costing cash-strapped institutions millions of dollars.

Driving the news: Semperis, a cybersecurity unicorn that focuses on identity protection, hosted its first hospital hack tabletop exercise on the sidelines of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last month.

  • Dubbed “Operation 911,” the exercise gathered a group of cyber specialists, health care professionals and law enforcement officers to act out a fictitious ransomware attack.

Inside the room: Participants spent close to two hours in a hotel suite at the Mandalay Bay Hotel running through a...

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