Ransomware used to sound like a fairly straightforward nightmare: attackers get in, encrypt your files, demand money, and ruin everyone’s week. Unfortunately, the business model has gotten an upgrade. Today’s ransomware groups are stealing massive amounts of data, recruiting affiliates with surprisingly competitive revenue splits, disabling security tools, contacting patients directly, and even hijacking social media accounts to turn up the pressure. Meanwhile, regulators are asking harder questions about risk analysis and looking further into the past for answers. Connect those dots, and the picture gets uncomfortable fast. This episode explores what recent ransomware headlines are really telling healthcare organizations, including the small ones still hoping they’re too tiny to attract attention. Spoiler alert: the bad guys appear to have misplaced their minimum-size requirement.
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