More hospitals are adopting internet of things (IoT) devices, from wearables to smart insulin pens. At least 82 percent of connected medical devices have been targeted in the past year, a recent survey found. Security issues exist at the manufacturing level when it comes to medical IoT devices. Healthcare companies are using outdated software and legacy operating systems (including Windows XP) and collecting huge amounts of data without securing it. Healthcare has the highest average cost-per-capita cost of a data breach, according to a recent study.
Source: https://threatpost.com/iot-security-healthcare-industry/150157/