CHUG: Pandemic Plus Ransomware Equals Added Health Risks
CHUG: Pandemic Plus Ransomware Equals Added Health Risks
According to The Verge, any outage can be detrimental to a healthcare environment, but the strain on the industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic added to a ransom attack can mean life or death in some cases.
“A ransomware attack puts stress on a hospital system, delaying care, which could lead to bad outcomes. The impact may be less dramatic when there isn’t another emergency, but experts could use the same framework to scrutinize ransomware attacks at any time.”
While hospitals are especially vulnerable to these kinds of attacks, consequences like being locked out of necessary systems, patient scans, and records can wreak added havoc on the day-to-day important work of frontline workers across the globe.