Data breaches and ransomware attacks are increasingly driving US companies into bankruptcy and out of business. Such incidents cost firms worldwide an average of $4.9m, rising to nearly double in the US. Cyberattacks have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund. Meanwhile, US alcohol distributor Stoli Group and background check provider National Public Data have both gone bankrupt, partly due to such attacks.

HSCC CWG urges halting NPRM, calls for joint cybersecurity policy reform to boost healthcare resilience
The Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) within the U.S. Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has called on the country’s federal administration to work