Editor’s Note: A WTOP news story about ransomware closing a local chili parlor quoted the co-owner as saying “The FBI tells us they can’t keep up with ransomware cases. The advice is either pay the ransom or shut down your entire systems and rebuild from scratch. And that’s what we’re doing.” The federal government will need to develop a more effective response to cyber-crime than encouraging payments to transnational criminal organizations. See, Cigarette Smuggling and Cyber Security: Low-Tech Crimes Fund High-Tech Threats.
From: Healthcare Finance News
Thanks to increasing ransomware attacks, some officials want stronger security against – and notifications of – ransomware strikes, other concerns.
, Managing Editor
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Federal Trade Commission official have called for greater protections against and notification of ransomware attacks – and bolstered cybersecurity for healthcare overall.
These calls come on the heels of an increasing number of ransomware attacks in healthcare, including high-profile ones against Methodist Hospital in Kentucky and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in California.
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