Healthcare IT security experts say healthcare ransomware attacks are killing patients

Ransomware attacks in healthcare are killing patients, according to a new survey of 579 cybersecurity professionals.

Here are seven things to know from a Jan. 18 study by the Ponemon Institute research group and cybersecurity firm Censinet, which polled IT professionals from hospitals, healthcare systems, physician groups, and payers:

1. More than 1 in 5 respondents said that ransomware attacks are negatively impacting patient mortality rates.

2. Forty-five percent of those surveyed said ransomware-related events increase complications from medical procedures, compared to 36 percent in a similar 2021 study.

3. About half (47%) said they were attacked by ransomware in the past two years, up 43% from 2021. Of these, 46% said the attack was caused by a third party, up from 36% in 2021.

4. Sixty-seven percent of organizations pay a ransom after an attack, with an average payment of $352,541.

5. Fifty-three per cent stated that the attacks led to the interruption of patient treatment, with 70 per cent of patients having to be transferred or redirected to other facilities.

6. Average outage duration is 35 days.

7. Sixty percent of respondents said their organization had a business continuity plan in place, including a planned system outage, while a third of respondents said their organization was spending more money planning for ransomware events, both increasing from 2021.

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