When I was reading various financial headlines last week to try and continue on stock market developments, I came up with a disturbing headline: “Cyber ​​threats reduce precision stock as fraudulently damaging firm’s profits“
Here is a quote: “Shares of health shares (Hqy) 20 % drowned on Wednesday, a day after that Health Savings Account (HSA) Custodian deprived of profits and gave weak guidance as it dealt with the cost of increasing criminal activity that targets the firm. … so… about… about….
“In a copy of the analyst’s call by Alphanice, CEO Scott Cutler explained that other financial firms, as well as precision ‘sophisticated technology, techniques and methods, have seen an increase in cyber threats and fraud attacks from bad actors.
Most Cyber ​​Trends in Healthcare
In fact, this story is an example of hospitals and healthcare facilities and the growing trend of growing cyber attacks against companies as a whole.
The Hippa Journal published an article In 2024, healthcare cyber attacks returned in January in connection with dangerous trends. Here is a quote:
“There was one last year Inos Harbiles Healthcare data for violations. Although the number of violations of the data reports of 500 or more records has decreased significantly year -on -year, the number of people affected by these violations has increased substantially.
As described in the article in detail, the largest healthcare data violations in 2024 include Change Healthcare, Caesar Foundation Health Plan, Essence Health, Health Equity, Contemporary Health Services and Medicare Services.
In the last example, “Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicated Services (CMS) reported violations 3,112,815 Personal Information Information In September 2024. The CMS contracted with the Wisconsin Physicians Service Corporation (WPS) to handle medical Part A/B’s claims, and WPS used file transfer software for transfer of large files containing precision information – development software solved. “
The matter of life and death
But what is more disturbing trends than violations of data that causes financial loss is the effects of health that these cyber attacks affect people’s lives. The United Nations recently released a report on “titled”.Cyrotics on Healthcare: a global threat that cannot be overlooked. “This is how their story begins:
“Ambassadors briefing, Tedros Adhanom Gabris, WHO The Director General emphasized the serious effects of cyber -attacks on hospitals and health care services, calling for immediate and collective global action to tackle the growing crisis.
“Renumware and other cyber attacks on hospitals and other health facilities are not just security and confidentiality issues, they can be life and death issues,” he said.
“Best, it causes disruption and financial loss in attacks. In the worst, they damage the health system that people rely on, and even cause harm and death to patients.”
“Digital change of health care, combined with the high cost of health data, making the sector an important target for cyber criminals, Tedros continued, citing examples of 2020 Ransamware attacks at Berno University Hospital in Czechia and on May 2021, Irish Health Service (Irish Health Service).
“Cyber ​​attacks also extended out of hospitals to disrupt the wider biomedical supply chain.”
A similar report was written Security Intelligence: “When Rensamware kills: attacks on health care facilities “
“Hospitals relies heavily on the digital system for patient care management. When a Rensamware Attack attacks, these systems go offline, often with tragic consequences. Research dangers have been highlighted: Rainsmare attacks on health care have increased by 300 % since 2015. This led to an increase in emergency cases, including stroke and cardiac arrests, caused by patients affected by patients. Cyber ​​attack.
“A study University of California San Diego Rainsmare attacks on hospitals have caused the splee effect. This means that patients increase in neighboring hospitals, resulting in cardiac arrest cases jump 81 %. The survival rates for these cardiac arrest cases also decreased. … so… about… about….
“Another study Of the two emergency departments adjacent to the health care organization under the attack, researchers mentioned a significant increase in patients’ volume, long wait hours and patients’ without seeing ‘without seeing. According to the study, this delay emphasizes the need for a disaster response approach for such events.
“In some cases, the tragic consequences of the Ransomware in Healthcare have been documented in legal proceedings. In 2020, A woman tried to be tried at Alabama HospitalClaiming that the Rainsmare attack has played an important role in the death of her newborn daughter.
Another tragic example came from the beginning of this month, from this time Industrial cyber: “Microsoft highlighted the cybersecurity crisis in rural hospitals, emphasizing better measures to strengthen health care flexibility. “
“Microsoft has published a new white paper that shares the insights achieved over the past one year, in which existing cybercare for Rural Health can play the role of landscape and its technology companies. Discover The current state of rural hospitals, the unique threats of cybercularity that they face, and technology companies today todayadays can play a role in dealing with the risk of cyber -risk and broader systemic challenges facing Rural Hospitals.
“White paper Observed Rainseware attacks poses a significant threat to hospitals, which are often targeted by economically inspiring cyber criminals and national state -of -the -art groups. ‘Hospitals often pay ransoms to prevent obstacles to patients, and malicious actors exploit this fact. Further that such events By This year, about 130 percent of this year, according to reporting from the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) office, already at a high baseline after Covade 19. ‘
And finally, for those who prefer to see the video description, we have this story from the Lord PBS News On the title: “How did a Cybertack disabled the US healthcare system.”
What can be done to help hospitals
The methods of fighting hospitals, for example, have to work together to pond resources and fight cyber -attacks. Michigan Healthcare Cyrosocracy Council (MIHCC) Midwest is a group of hospitals that work together to fight cyber crime. According to their website, the hospital together:
- “Add to membership and community – Through our regular member activities across the state, we provide opportunities for mutual support and partnership to our peers.
- “Prepare valuable materials – As a grouping of health sector information security practitioners, we all have valuable valuable methods and experiences of sharing.
- “Our skills to accelerate our collective security- As the leaders of our state, we are the relations, partnerships and teams that can provide valuable insights to our respective companies and companies.
- “Identify and align with the Partners Organization – we try to develop a network of networks through our sector and in others to find a common goal and solution.
- “Serving the voice in our health care community service- Our community is big, diverse, and our voices need to support access and links between them.
- “The development and cooperation facility in our member institutions – We build deep links between teams of teams from our member organizations to share skills and develop with professionals. “
This video/podcast provides more details about what happens when a hospital or health system has a cyber attack.
A small quote from the video is: “The MHA released a new event of the Maicare Champion Cast, seeking that when the hospital or the health system faces a cyber attack, which consists of Chief Information Security Officer Jack Koifael. Michigan Madison.
“In his role, Kufahal is responsible for planning, development, implementation, and maintenance at the Educational Medical Center. Although the health system has not been much affected. Change health care violationsKufal said how his team responded about ways to improve cyber -scoring measures and valuable insights.
“‘I think any important task that any hospital or health care organization can do is to start setting a long -term [cybersecurity] Framework so that you can measure improvement over time, ‘Kufal said, there are many accessible resources that adjust the financial boundaries. “
The final views
Some readers are wondering, “What have the government’s impact on cyber attacks by the healthcare industry?”
An example has come from the end of the previous year from this piece: “HHS faces challenges as a lead agency for Healthcare CyberScript: GAO. “ Here is a short quote:
- “The Department of Health and Human Services has faced challenges Reducing the dangers of cybersocracy According to a report published Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, in the health care sector.
- “The department has not previously implemented policies proposed by the Government Watch Dog, which includes the adoption of specific cyber -related cyber -related cyber -related methods or tracking the risks from IOT or operational technology devices.
- According to the GAO, “Unless the HHS fills these gaps, the department may be unable to effectively guide the industry in the CyberScript. It is a potential threat to care for providers and patients.”
