Breach Prevention Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the healthcare industry in multiple ways. Much has been written about the danger to nurses and doctors and the perilous economic realities providers face. Just as risky but less discussed are cyberattacks in the middle of an overwhelming cybersecurity emergency.

In recent weeks we've seen threat actors stepping up ransomware attacks against hospitals at a moment when saving lives is their most important focus. To keep critical care operating uninterrupted, it’s become more important than ever for hospitals to harden their environment with ransomware prevention.Without secure  infrastructure, treatments and surgeries can and do grind to a halt. The operators of the Ryuk ransomware, for example, targeted 10 healthcare organizations over the course of the past month and are continuing to attack and encrypt data at healthcare organizations, according to Bleeping Computer.