Public Health Sector

A hypothetical attack on the public health sector's IT infrastructure resulted in a ransomware incident, where sensitive patient data was encrypted. The attack disrupted the services of multiple health organizations, leading to delayed treatments and creating chaos among patients seeking medical care and public health agencies trying to access critical health data. This incident had a substantial negative impact on the trust in the public health system and highlighted significant vulnerabilities in their cybersecurity preparedness which require urgent attention.

Source: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/data-breaches/news/55241954/survey-to-assess-public-health-cybersecurity-readiness

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-public-sector-healthcare-roundtable

"id": "the001031925",
"linkid": "the-public-sector-healthcare-roundtable",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "11/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'type': 'Public Health Sector'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Yes',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Sensitive patient data'},
 'description': "A hypothetical attack on the public health sector's IT "
                'infrastructure resulted in a ransomware incident, where '
                'sensitive patient data was encrypted. The attack disrupted '
                'the services of multiple health organizations, leading to '
                'delayed treatments and creating chaos among patients seeking '
                'medical care and public health agencies trying to access '
                'critical health data. This incident had a substantial '
                'negative impact on the trust in the public health system and '
                'highlighted significant vulnerabilities in their '
                'cybersecurity preparedness which require urgent attention.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Substantial negative impact on trust '
                                       'in the public health system',
            'data_compromised': 'Sensitive patient data',
            'operational_impact': 'Delayed treatments and chaos among '
                                  'patients'},
 'lessons_learned': 'Significant vulnerabilities in their cybersecurity '
                    'preparedness which require urgent attention.',
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes'},
 'title': "Ransomware Attack on Public Health Sector's IT Infrastructure",
 'type': 'Ransomware'}