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In the Bullseye
Hackers appear to be sharpening their aim on healthcare sector targets, some experts said.
“For quite some time, we believed cybercriminals used a shotgun approach to ransomware campaigns,” said Errol Weiss, chief security officer of the (Health-ISAC.)
“That is, the cybercriminals blast millions of phishing emails out at a time with the hopes some victims will click on the malicious links. I’m not so sure that’s true anymore since we’ve seen critical supply chain impacts in healthcare following three Russian ransomware attacks just this year,” he said.
“Now that three critical supply chain attacks have significantly impacted healthcare delivery recently, it should serve as a wake-up call across the industry. It’s not just about cybersecurity anymore. We also need to invest in resilience.”
Organizations should prioritize applying risk management assessment principles to their critical suppliers and partners, Weiss said. “Consider supply chain outages and availability. Identify alternative suppliers or use multiple suppliers to create redundancy. The idea is to eliminate the single points of failure in healthcare supply chains and minimize disruptions to healthcare delivery in the event of ransomware attacks on critical suppliers.”
