Quarter of providers saw mortality rates rise after ransomware attacks, survey finds

Hacks and data breaches always pose a threat to business operations or finances, but are particularly dangerous in healthcare, where they could potentially harm the quality of patient care. Cybersecurity experts have been warning that attacks using ransomware, a type of malware that encrypts a victim's files, rendering them inaccessible to their owner unless a ransom is paid to decrypt them, have been growing in the healthcare industry over the past few years without a corresponding increase in security measures.