India’s healthcare industry faced the highest numbers Cyber attacks After the United States in 2021, ironically due to technological advances.
According to a report by cyber security intelligence firm Cloudsec, seen by PTI, “India recorded the second highest number of attacks with a total of 7.7 percent of the total attacks on the healthcare industry in 2021.” US healthcare industry It accounted for 28 percent of the total global attacks, according to the report titled Increased Cyber Attacks on the Global Healthcare Sector.
Technological advancements in the healthcare industry such as remote health monitoring, electronic health records and the Internet of Things (IoT) have provided cybercriminals with more opportunities to attack the sector, with the report stating that 7.7 percent of cyber attack incidents in the Indian healthcare industry translates to over 71 lakh records. .
So far this year, India has already registered 1.87 lakh records in the first four months of 2022, the company said.
(with PTI inputs)
