Cloud CISO Perspectives : The global threats facing EU healthcare

• Ransomware attacks accounted for 54% of analyzed cybersecurity incidents in the EU health sector between 2021 and 2023, with 83% financially motivated.
• 71% of ransomware attacks impacted patient care and were often coupled with patient data breaches, according to a 2024 European Commission report.
• Healthcare's share of posts on data leak sites has doubled over the past three years, even as the number of data leak sites tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group increased by nearly 50% in 2024. In one example, a malicious actor targeting European organizations said that they were willing to pay 2% to 5% more for hospitals — particularly ones with emergency services.
• In-hospital mortality shoots up 35% to 41% among patients already admitted to a hospital when a ransomware attack takes place.
• The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has confirmed that a major cyberattack harmed 170 patients in 2024.

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