HealthTech February 19, 2025
Industry leaders share lessons a year after the Change Healthcare attack.
News of a ransomware attack hitting a major healthcare technology vendor broke during last year’s ViVE conference. On the attack’s anniversary, and with a federal investigation ongoing, industry leaders reflected on lessons learned during this year’s conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Reflecting on the Change Healthcare attack, which may have exposed the data of more than 190 million people, Lisa Gallagher, national cybersecurity adviser at CHIME, said that though the focus has been on the ransomware aspect of the crime, the threat actors had infiltrated the company’s network days before.
That’s why advanced persistent threats should be a growing concern for healthcare organizations across the country. Previous cybersecurity approaches must...