Ascension health care network disrupted by cyberattack, interrupting clinical operations

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3. Hospitals and health care systems are very high risk targets

they often have outdated IT systems and spend less on security and compliance thinking it is a lower priority. Then if there is a problem like ransomware, they are likely to pay the ransom because it impacts patient's lives. In some cases the mere activities of scanning, patching, and updating systems are deemed to be too disruptive to operations so they delay as much as they can.