Ransomware downtime expenses U.S. health care companies $1.9 M everyday
Ransomware attacks are having a serious effect on U.S. health care companies, with a worrying escalation in events and their repercussions, according to a Comparitech report.
The research study discovered that considering that 2018, 654 ransomware attacks have actually targeted doctor, with 2023 sticking out as a record-breaking year, logging 143 events.
These attacks jeopardized over 88.7 million client records throughout this duration, with more than 26.2 million breached in 2023 alone.
Every day of downtime due to ransomware expenses health care companies approximately $1.9 million, culminating in an approximated $21.9 billion in downtime losses over 6 years.
Typically, medical companies experienced 17 days of downtime per event, with the greatest interruptions reported in 2022, balanci...