In 2020, the Dental Care Alliance (DCA) experienced a significant cyberattack on its systems, which lasted approximately an entire month. This gave the threat actor an extended period to compromise the healthcare organization’s servers and extract the private and confidential information of around one million patients.
This is just another example of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to cyber criminals looking to exploit security weaknesses. Healthcare organizations are prime targets for threat actors who are fully aware that their targets are invested in keeping their systems and businesses up and running efficiently and securely. This is especially critical in protecting patient privacy and data, particularly when it comes to impacting life-saving information and equipment.
