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Ransomware cases on health care facilities have led to increase in stroke and cardiac arrest cases at hospitals receiving patients from nearby facilities paralyzed by such attacks. (Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"27.817642698295\"><body readability=\"56.491610738255\"><\/p>\n<p>Ransomware attacks on the health care sector are rising and putting lives at risk, led by Iranian hackers, Microsoft said in a report Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/HCRansomwareblog\">The report<\/a>, which draws on both internal company data and external data, points to a 300% increase in ransomware attacks on the health sector since 2015, and an increase in stroke and cardiac arrest cases at hospitals receiving patients from nearby facilities paralyzed by such attacks. <\/p>\n<p>It all amounts to a dangerous trend from conditions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when some ransomware groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2020\/03\/19\/coronavirus-pandemic-self-preservation-not-altruism-behind-no-more-healthcare-cyber-attacks-during-covid-19-crisis-promise\/\">pledged to avoid<\/a> attacking the health care sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat [pledge has] been shoved off the table, unfortunately, and we are seeing a broader targeting of everything that has to do with health care, from hospital systems to clinics to doctors\u2019 offices \u2014 really, anything where patient care can be impacted,\u201d Sherrod DeGrippo, director of threat intelligence strategy at Microsoft, told CyberScoop. \u201cThreat actors know people\u2019s lives are at stake, and therefore the organization is more likely to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Health care is one of the top 10 most targeted sectors, according to second-quarter 2024 data from Microsoft, and the average payment from a survey of health care organizations was $4.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian gangs appear to be targeting health care organizations the most, Microsoft data suggests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2804585#google_vignette\">A study last year<\/a> found that ransomware attacks on hospitals cause a spillover effect, where unaffected hospitals see a surge in patients, leading to stroke cases rising by 113% and cardiac arrest cases jumping 81%. Survival rates also dropped from those cardiac arrest cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that these types of incidents have impacts on many of the technologies, such as CT scanners or laboratory machines that are used to take care of patients suffering from things like heart attack, stroke or sepsis,\u201d Jeff Tully, co-director and of the University of California San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity and co-author of that study, told CyberScoop. \u201cAnd we know that there are delays in our ability to care for these patients during these types of down times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tully said the center was working to develop a ransomware response playbook for health care organizations, while DeGrippo emphasized the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/training\/modules\/design-resiliency-strategy-common-cyberthreats-like-ransomware\/\">building resilience<\/a> to be able to withstand an attack when it happens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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(Photo by Kena Betancur\/VIEWpress) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"1.8711340206186\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ransomware-encryption-down-attacks-up-nation-state-crime\/\"> Ransomware encryption down amid surge of attacks, Microsoft says <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> The company reported a 300% drop in ransomware attacks that made it to the encryption stage over the past two years. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/aj-vicens\/\"> AJ Vicens <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/minimum-cybersecurity-standards-health-care-wyden-warner-bill\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"266\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-3.jpg?resize=266%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg?resize=300,190 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg?resize=768,485 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg?resize=600,379 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg?resize=266,168 266w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ransomware-attacks-on-health-care-sector-are-driving-increase-in-emergency-patient-care-7.jpg?resize=533,337 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., talk before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 10, 2017. Wyden and Warner introduced a bill to require minimum cybersecurity standards in the health care sector on Sept. 26, 2024. 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