Medical Economics September 27, 2021
About a quarter of healthcare providers report increased mortality rates due to ransomware.
Healthcare providers at the receiving end of a ransomware attack may have more lose more than access to their data.
According to a news release, a new analysis found that ransomware attacks could lead to increased mortality rates. About one-in-four, or 22 percent of healthcare providers reported an increase in mortality rate tied to these attacks.
The report was prepared by the privacy, data protection, and information security research center Ponemon Institute and was commissioned by healthcare IT risk solution provider Censinet. The full report is entitled The Impact of Ransomware on Healthcare During COVID-19 and Beyond and is based on a survey of 597 IT and...
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