Health care cybersecurity: new front in coronavirus battle.
- Team Social Wireless
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: May 1, 2023
"Health care professionals battling the coronavirus now face a second front in the war -- cyberattacks -- that threaten to disrupt operations and broadcast disinformation.
Cyberattacks against health care agencies have skyrocketed in the past decade, with almost 70% of the population affected by a data breach through the theft of personal information and health data. The attacks occur, on average, at a rate of 1.4 a day, according to the HIPAA Journal.
But the arrival of the coronavirus in the US in January has brought its own epidemic of cyberattacks."
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