A cyberattack on a prominent hospital system in Massachusetts has been forced to turn away ambulances and deploy down-time procedures.
Errol Weiss, chief security officer at cyber information sharing group Health-ISAC, told Recorded Future News that he is seeing “a sustained, high level of malicious activity targeting the healthcare sector.”
Weiss said they are aware of multiple significant incidents affecting hospitals, payers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and key technology vendors. Most have not been publicly disclosed because they’re still being handled with law enforcement and regulators, he explained.
“What worries me most is that the same access and techniques could be used interchangeably for espionage, financial gain, or destructive impact — any of which could put people’s lives in danger if healthcare services are interrupted,” he said.
Weiss noted that they continue to maintain an information sharing channel with federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) so healthcare companies can have immediate insights available.
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