Ransomware attacks have cost US healthcare organizations more than $157 million since 2016, a new report says. Researchers looked at 172 ransomware attacks that hit a total of 1,446 healthcare organizations. They found that the downtime, which ranged from hours to months, had an impact on 6,649,713 patients. And the total impact of roughly $157M was far in excess of the approximately $640,000 paid to attackers in the time period studied. For more information, visit Comparitech.com.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/healthcare-ransomware-damage-passes-157m-since-2016