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Healthcare industry is the bullseye for hackers in 2017

Healthcare is the most cyber attacked industry according to the 2016 IBM X-Force Cyber Security Intelligence Index. The report states that more than 100 million patient records globally were breached last year. Healthcare organizations are juicy targets because they have a vast amount of personal information that can be used for fraud — contact names, social security numbers, payment and health insurance information. Cybersecurity Ventures found in its recent 2016 Cybercrime Report that attacks on the healthcare sector are up 35 percent year to date. Healthcare security executives appear to have less understanding of the threats facing their organizations.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3136323/healthcare-industry-is-the-bullseye-for-hackers-in-2017.html

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