Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks

[Antus67]

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/study-ransomware-data-breaches-at-hospitals-tied-to-uptick-in-fatal-heart-attacks/

Author: Brian Krebs

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. Health industry experts say the findings should prompt a larger review of how security — or the lack thereof — may be impacting patient outcomes.

 

[boutthatlife]

“The exploitation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities is killing people,” Scanlon told KrebsOnSecurity. “There is a lot of possible research that might be unleashed by this study. I believe that nothing less than a congressional investigation will give the subject the attention it deserves.”

if this is the case then these hackers need to be charged with attempted murder or murder.

 

[plat]

You're unlikely to catch very many to prosecute, they're usually protected by their governments and almost impossible to trace. There's surely an international coalition of law enforcement and cyber crime experts but I don't read enough about any of these crooks being caught/prosecuted.

I say: go after the greedy hospital CFOs and the lazy, incompetent administrators. Ransomware can run only if it's enabled to do so, on vulnerable systems. Ransomware is a fact of life, no excuses. Funding can be reassigned and re-allocated. It's like blaming the vicious dog and not its handler in these matters.

 

[bribon77]

The news is outrageous because these people have no principles.
But, as the matter is today, Hospitals must take action. The War against Rasomware is won with backups.

 

[Antus67]

The lack of security by hospitals is alarming, they need to take better security procedures to curb these cyber threats

 

[bribon77]

You cannot save resources for these things, because people's lives are at stake, they must hire competent people, so that this news does not happen.