The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has highlighted cyber threats from North Korea and China as major concerns for the US healthcare sector. Threat actors from these regions target US healthcare through data extractions, espionage and intellectual property theft, with Chinese group APT41 known to target this sector specifically. HC3 emphasized these groups have the unique advantage of state-backing, giving them technological, financial and diplomatic resources. To minimize risk, the center urged healthcare entities to utilize government resources and technical safeguards.

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