NJCCIC: Cyber Threats & Cybersecurity for Healthcare during COVID-19
As the healthcare sector ramps up operations to manage the influx of COVID-19 cases, major organizational and networked system changes may leave them vulnerable to cyberattacks, says the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC).
Cybercriminals are already targeting healthcare organizations—specifically hospitals—with phishing campaigns, ransomware, and other malicious acts that can adversely impact health information technology, medical response, and patient safety. As cases of the virus began to increase in the US, so too did the amount of email-based phishing campaigns referencing COVID-19, adds the NJCCIC.