Top 12 healthcare cyberthreats

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Nearly three-quarters of healthcare organizations have experienced a moderate to severe financial impact from cyber vulnerabilities in the past two years, Ernst & Young and KLAS Research found.

Here are the top cyberthreats healthcare organizations have faced in the last 12 months, according to the accounting firm and health IT researcher’s survey of 100 C-suite cybersecurity leaders from provider, payer, pharmaceutical and medical device organizations. Respondents could select all that applied.

Only 3% of those surveyed said they hadn’t dealt with a cyberthreat, per the Nov. 3 report:

1. Phishing: 77%

2. Third-party breaches: 74%

3. Malware: 62%

4. Data breaches: 47%

5. Ransomware: 45%

6. Business email compromised: 43%

7. IoT-based attack (e.g., medical device): 34%

8. DDoS attack: 33%

9. Credential stuffing: 29%

10. Supply chain: 29%

11. Zero-day exploits: 19%

12. Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks: 14%

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