Why hospital IT is susceptible to ‘rage deletion’

It’s not just cyberattacks. Hospital IT leaders have to be on the lookout for another way they could lose their data: “rage deletion.”

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That happens when a disgruntled, departing employee erases important company data on the way out the door.

One in 6 U.S. workers said a colleague has committed “rage deletion,” while 4.5% have admitted to doing it themselves, according to a study from data company CrashPlan. That number is slightly higher in healthcare, where 5.1% said they’ve erased important company files or data prior to leaving a job.

Across all industries, the roles most likely to delete data in a fit of rage are designers and design engineers (11%), writers and editors (9%), and programmers and developers (7%) and video producers (7%), the report found. The workers tended to be disengaged and frustrated, seeking new jobs, and less likely to have gotten cybersecurity training.

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