KevinMD December 29, 2024
It’s not your imagination. Ransomware threats to health care organizations are at record levels and continue to rise. Last year, there were 389 reported ransomware attacks on health care organizations in the U.S., up from 258 in 2022. This year, there were 44 ransomware attacks against health care organizations in April alone, the most ever recorded for one month by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future and up from 30 in March. The trend is ominous.
Major health care ransomware incidents this year
Drug distributor Cencora Inc. (formerly AmerisourceBergen) paid a record $75 million ransom in bitcoin last March after a breach resulted in the theft of sensitive data.
Lehigh Valley Health Network, a health system based in eastern Pennsylvania, agreed in...
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