MedCity News March 28, 2025
Katie Adams

About 90% of healthcare organizations are insecurely connected to the internet and running systems vulnerable to exploitation by ransomware gangs, according to new research. It also found that 78% of providers have made ransomware payments of $500,000 or more.

About 90% of healthcare organizations are insecurely connected to the internet and running systems vulnerable to exploitation by ransomware gangs, according to research released this week by cybersecurity firm Clarorty.

The report examined data from more than 350 healthcare organizations, finding that 78% of them have made ransomware payments of $500,000 or more.

Healthcare cybersecurity incidents are often egregiously expensive because they create a wide range of costs — chief among them being the inability to provide patient care, noted Ty...

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