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HHS’ HC3 analyst note warns of growing threat of DDoS attacks in health sector cybersecurity

C3 analyst note warns of growing threat of DDoS attacks in health sector cybersecurity

The US Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has detailed distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attacks and measures to protect against them. HC3 noted that DDoS attacks, which involve a botnet overwhelming a targeted network, are increasing annually, can impact anytime and lead to financial losses. It warned such attacks could deny healthcare organisations access to essential resources. DDoS attacks have grown increasingly sophisticated and are often used by threat actors known to authorities, typically with political rather than financial motivations, HC3 added.

Source: industrialcyber.co –

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