Becker's Healthcare May 7, 2024
Hospitals should be on the lookout for “vishing,” a new form of cybercrime that uses artificial intelligence, a health system CIO said.
Hackers have been taking snippets of a person’s voice and using generative AI to turn them into “vishing,” or voice phishing, attacks, according to Congressional testimony from in April from Scott MacLean, CIO of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health and chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. The cybercriminals place phone calls or leave voicemails pretending...