Are we heading towards a cybersecurity crisis in health care and are actions needed?
Abstract
Over the past 10 years, there has been a substantial rise in the number of major cyberattacks on hospitals, medical infrastructure, and associated supply chains. The WannaCry ransomware attack hit the UK’s National Health Service in 2017, affecting 34 hospitals, bringing global attention to the vulnerabilities of health-care digital security.1 In 2024, the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident impacted the US health-care system,2 causing financial losses worth billions of US dollars, while a cyberattack in France on a health insurer compromised the data of more than 33 million people.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Information and Cyber Security
Trade Secret Protection Methods
Thoreau and American Literature
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Lancet Digital Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 100946–100946
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN