The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” reveals hundreds of breaches reported by healthcare organizations in the last 24 months. Cybersecurity attacks on healthcare infrastructure continue to rise. Key stories of 2022 include EHR vendor QRS facing a lawsuit, CommonSpirit hospitals still restoring EHR systems after a ransomware attack, and the introduction of the PATCH Act to improve medical device and network security. The FBI warns of cybersecurity risks in outdated medical devices, Zeppelin ransomware targeting healthcare, and a direct connection between hospital cyberattacks and patient mortality.
Healthcare industry must brace itself for deluge of cyberattacks in 2025
In 2024, Change Healthcare announced a data breach affecting over 100 million patients. However, the parent company, UnitedHealth Group, later revealed 190 million people were
