Cybercriminals are 'already taking advantage' of the COVID-19 crisis

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https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cyber-criminals-are-already-taking-advantage-covid-19-crisis

By Kat Jercich
Healthcare IT News
May 07, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated an increase in information collection 
and sharing among providers, patients, hospitals, vendors and other 
organizations. In turn, that has heralded an uptick in "malicious cyber 
campaigns" that attack healthcare facilities, according to U.S. and U.K. law 
enforcement agencies.

But security concerns in the industry are nothing new - and the coronavirus 
crisis will likely exacerbate existing issues.

According to the BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report released 
last week, phishing was the most common cause of data breaches among incidents 
that the data privacy and cybersecurity law firm had managed in 2019. Nearly 
one-quarter of those incidents occurred in the healthcare industry, including 
biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

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