Becker's Healthcare July 28, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

Ransomware attacks skyrocketed amid the pandemic when hospitals increased their use of remote work and moved more hospital data online, according to a July 21 report by cybersecurity consulting firm CynergisTek.

Five things to know:

  1. In 2020, 560 healthcare organizations were victims of ransomware attacks, the report said.
  2. Ransomware attacks cost healthcare organizations $20.8 billion in downtime in 2020, double the amount it cost in 2019, according to a Comparitech report cited by CynergisTek.
  3. A separate IBM report found data breaches in the healthcare industry cost an average of $9.23 million....

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