Cyberattacks and data breaches have escalated in the healthcare sector, costing millions and threatening patient safety. Major breaches in 2024 included ransomware attacks on UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare, impacting 100 million Americans and crippling payments, and on Ascension, affecting operations in 11 states and contributing to a $1.1bn net loss. Data breaches are also rising, with CMS and HealthEquity exposing personal health information of over 900,000 people and 4.3 million members respectively in 2024.
We Are At War
Rising geopolitical tensions are reflected (or in some cases preceded) by cyber operations, while technology itself has become politicized. Let’s admit it: we are in
