Healthcare Finance News November 4, 2024
Hospitals didn’t have Change Healthcare on their radar as a risk when the ransomware attack affected them, says John Riggi.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of cybersecurity risks and breaches are from third-party vendors and other organizations, said experts John Riggi and Richard Staynings during the closing keynote of the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Friday.
The numbers have grown, from 27 million people affected in 2020 to the 150 million affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in February, according to Riggi, former FBI special agent and national advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, American Hospital Association.
Every hospital was affected, he said, which shows the interconnectedness of current technology.
In another example of how one system can affect...
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