Four things to know from Microsoft’s report “U.S. Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks:”
- Healthcare organizations lost an average of $900,000 per day in downtime due to ransomware attacks.
- Ransomware attacks have increased by 300% since 2015, with healthcare being among the most impacted industries.
- Out of 402 healthcare organizations surveyed, 67% reported experiencing a ransomware attack in the past year. Notably, 53% of these organizations acknowledged paying ransoms in 2024, an increase from 42% in 2023.
- Of the 99 healthcare organizations that acknowledged paying a ransom and disclosed the amounts, the median payment was $1.5 million, while the average payment reached $4.4 million.
