UnitedHealth’s pharmacy network experienced an outage due to a suspected ‘nation-state’ cyber attack, highlighting increased threats to the healthcare sector. The industry’s heavy reliance on digital systems and the wealth of personal data it holds makes it attractive to cybercriminals. This calls for improved cybersecurity defenses and protocols, including staff training for responding to threats, to protect sensitive health information and ensure continuity of critical services.

Gov’t cyber office requests ‘urgent’ review amid reports of data breach
Hong Kong’s Digital Policy Office has requested a review of government departments using Oracle Cloud services following reports of a data breach. Reports suggest a