MEDJACK: Hackers hijacking medical devices to create backdoors in hospital networks

Cybersecurity firm TrapX released a report about three real-world targeted hospital attacks which exploited an attack vector the researchers called MEDJACK for medical device hijack. MEDJACK has brought the perfect storm to major healthcare institutions globally, they warned. Medical devices complimented by the MEDJack attack vector may be the hospitals weakest link in the chain in hospital networks, they said. Medical data was labeled as the holy grail for cybercriminals intent on espionage.”]

Source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2932371/medjack-hackers-hijacking-medical-devices-to-create-backdoors-in-hospital-networks.html