Six things to know:
- Healthcare providers have become prime targets for ransomware attacks as health systems spend less than 10 percent of their IT budgets on cybersecurity.
- So far, healthcare entities have reported 368 breaches to the HHS.
- These breaches have affected about 25.1 million patients.
- From the reported breaches, 206 have been compromised due to malware, while 95 started with email phishing and credential abuse.
- As ransomware-as-a-service becomes increasingly sophisticated, healthcare organizations could be prone to repeated attacks, according to the report.
- The most active ransomware groups targeting the healthcare sector are BlackCat, Conti, Hive, LockBit and SunCrypt.
