Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Outlook 2023: Ransomware Threats Multiply as Rogue Nation-States Sponsor More Attacks: January 2023

January 17, 2023 – Published on JD Supra

Ransomware—including increased attacks from criminal groups affiliated with rogue nation-states such as Russia and North Korea—will continue to dominate the health care security landscape as 2023 gets underway and the COVID-19 pandemic begins to fade into the rearview mirror, cybersecurity experts said.

In addition, the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices across health care likely will lead to new breaches, and privacy and security issues surrounding web trackers such as Meta Pixel will draw scrutiny to code on organizations’ web pages and apps, the experts said.

Ransomware trends in 2022 saw a drop-off in the third quarter, according to a report released in December by cybersecurity firm GuidePoint Security, however the health care industry remained in the top three targeted industries and most frequently was attacked using Lockbit ransomware, the report said.

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