Ransomware accounts for 54% of cyber threats in the health sector

From securityaffairs.com

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) releases today its first cyber threat landscape report for the health sector. The report identifies prime threats, threat actors, and trends and covers a period of over 2 years. The document also analyzes the impact of the cyber attacks on the sector and provides details about the most targeted entities and affected assets.

The study is based on a total of 215 publicly reported incidents in the EU and neighboring countries.

The first data that emerged from the report is that ransomware accounts for 54% of cybersecurity threats in the health sector. Most of the surveyed organisations (73%) in the health sector haven’t a program to mitigate ransomware attacks.

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