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United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege
Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power of an orchestrated ransomware attack to shut down supply chains.
The New York Times reports how far-reaching the attacks’ impact is on everyone from patients to physicians attempting to continue operating despite approvals, reimbursements and payments on hold or non-existent. Merritt Baer, the advisor to expanso.io and balkanID and former CISO, told VentureBeat that “ransomware groups love supply chain attacks– we see evidence of this in their high profile targets, from Kaseya to SolarWinds. “Threat actors are increasingly targeting flaws in cyber hygiene, including legacy vulnerability management processes,” Srinivas Mukkamala, chief product officer at Ivanti, told VentureBeat.
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