The ransomware attack has already taken 48% of US hospitals offline

In a study conducted by Philips and CyberMDX, 48% of hospitals in the United States have disabled their networks as a precautionary measure against attacks. ransomware, Abductions reached the country’s health institutions after a wave of requests to recover medical information in the first months of the epidemic.

Perspectives in Healthcare Security Report, 130 ID, examines cybersecurity and engineers and biomedical executives, revealing the impact of data preventing or encrypting cybercriminals in the U.S. healthcare industry.

Respondents noted that the networks of medical institutions were shut down as a preventive measure to prevent a negative violation and due to a serious malware infection.

Severely affected ransomware attacks In the United States it is a medium-sized hospital that has been shut down for an average of nearly 10 hours due to external factors, compared to the US $ 45,700 per hour cost, while large companies experienced an average of 6.2 hours of idle time at a cost of $ 21,500 per hour.

Low level of security

Most US hospitals do not have control over the equipment connected to their networks. (Source: Pixabe / Mohammed Hassan / Breeding)Source: Pixbe / Mohammed Hassan / Breeding

The main factors for the occurrence of attacks are the incompetence of the teams and the low level of investment in cyber security. Only 11% of respondents said cyber security was a “high priority” in the budget. Nearly half said the medical equipment and capacity of IoT security personnel was inadequate.

Many hospitals are still suffering from known serious vulnerabilities Can lead to attacks of ransomware. More than half agreed that BlueKeep does not protect against bugs, while 64% do not protect against WannaCry and 75% against Notepia.

Two-thirds of respondents relied on manual methods for inventory, while 15% of medium-sized hospitals and 13% of large companies said they could not determine the number of active or passive devices in their networks.