HealthIT Answers February 17, 2025
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By Lance Reid, CEO, Telcion Communications Group

Phishing attempts can happen at any time and to anyone within an organization. As threat vectors continue to multiply and AI becomes more powerful, attempts to extract information in order to instigate a hack or ransomware attack will only increase.

While you will see widely variable percentages of breaches that are attributed to human actions, I think the Data Breach Investigations Report provides an accurate number, which has hovered just under 70% for the past two years. This number does not include insider misuse of privileges.

One of our clients related this recent story about a (fortunately) unsuccessful vishing (voice phishing) attempt.

Dr. X was told by a medical assistant that the DEA...

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