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Healthcare is now the most frequently attacked industry, beating out financial services, retail and other industries, according to a new report by TrapX. As a result, healthcare organizations are having trouble keeping pace with the number and sophistication of attacks they have to deal with.
The report, entitled MEDJACK 2, details the sheer scale of attacks that hospitals and other medical establishments suffer on a regular basis. It is a follow-up to a similar report TrapX released last year.
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TrapX, a cybersecurity vendor in the deception space, found an increasing number of attacks targeting the healthcare industry and, worryingly, a number of successful attacks that have penetrated security defenses within hospitals.
This is, of course, a huge concern. When a financial institution is breached, people can potentially steal money. But when a hospital is breached, patients' lives are on the line. Potentially attackers could get access to medical records and prescription systems and tamper...