Heightened Cyber Threat to the UK Healthcare Sector

Written by darshak | Published 2020/12/10
Tech Story Tags: cybersecurity | managed-security-services | mss | mssp | uk | healthcare-cybersecurity | cyber-security | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR The WannaCry ransomware program encrypted data and files on 230,000 computers in 150 countries and devastated the NHS in May 2017. Hackers targeted Singapore healthcare group SingHealth, stealing critical information of more than 1.5 million patients. Security agencies have identified many malicious activities targeting research firms, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare bodies, and pharmaceutical companies. The challenge will be to adopt technologies safely and securely and appreciate the emerging cybersecurity challenges that become more apparent as these technologies are more commonplace. There are exciting innovations that promise to change the way care is provided and offer new treatments and discoveries.via the TL;DR App

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Written by darshak | Delivery Head at Sattrix Information Security (P) Ltd
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/12/10