In 2017, the “ WannaCry” attack is estimated to have cost the NHS £92mn and caused the cancellation of 19,000 patient appointments. The UK’s National Health Service has been hit by significant ransomware attacks. “The healthcare sector is such a tempting target because . . . you can put lives at risk,” says James Lewis, a cyber security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think-tank. The most common type of cyber breach in healthcare was hacking, followed by supply chain attacks, “phishing” (where cyber criminals pose as legitimate organisations to trick people into disclosing passwords and payment details), and “ransomware”, in which hackers use malicious software - “malware” - to encrypt data until the victim pays a ransom to unlock it. Publicly disclosed global cyber security breaches between January and September last year showed that the healthcare sector suffered more attacks (241) than any other sector, ahead of government (147), and information technology including software, hardware and IT services (91), according to research by Omdia, a technology research provider. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Īn increase in cyber attacks on the healthcare sector is jeopardising patient safety, and prompting some governments to publish new cyber security standards.
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