Nearly daily we see new stories of cybercriminals breaching security walls, stealing valuable data, and then holding it hostage in return for money. Companies risk exposing valued customer data as well as their own reputations, placing their credibility in disarray.
But targeting takes a different, far more nefarious turn when these attacks result in loss of life, the sad truth of a September attack on a German hospital that kept healthcare providers from doing their jobs. A young woman lost her life because she had to be transferred to another hospital that hadn’t been hacked.