"Alabama Hospitals Forced to Close After Ransomware Attack"

Healthcare organizations are increasingly being targeted in ransomware attacks as indicated by recent attacks on hospitals in Alabama, Ohio, West Virginia, and the Australian state of Victoria. One recent ransomware attack has resulted in the closure of three hospitals in Alabama, which are ran by a nonprofit firm, called DCH Health System. Security experts encourage the health industry to adopt a more proactive approach to disaster recovery (DR) planning, mitigating security vulnerabilities, and bolstering cybersecurity resilience. Hospitals' IT teams should update their DR strategies and invest in technologies that would ensure continuous availability of patient data and significantly decrease downtime in the event of a ransomware attack or other type of cyberattack. This article continues to discuss recent ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations and the actions that should be taken by the healthcare industry to address such attacks.

SiliconANGLE reports "Alabama Hospitals Forced to Close After Ransomware Attack"