HIPAA Blog

[ Monday, December 01, 2025 ]

 

The Evolving Threat of Ransomware in Healthcare: Attackers are getting faster, and ransomware software is getting trickier and cheaper, but healthcare organizations are getting better at stopping attacks before encryption occurs.  However, attackers are shifting their focus toward an extortion-only model: they don't encrypt your data, but they do access and copy PHI and threaten to release it unless the demand is paid.

Healthcare organizations still need to step up their game and keep defenses high.  Encryption in motion and at rest is still the best cure, as is training and perimeter testing.


Jeff [8:49 AM]

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