Despite its acclaimed implementation of cybersecurity, SYNLAB has now faced multiple cyber attacks just this year. With healthcare data hacks costing an average of over $10M, the industry must face the reality that more must be done. Whether they like it or not, vital medical service providers are at the forefront of this fight, and must take action accordingly.
While protecting patients at all costs is a desirable goal, it should also be noted that paying ransom to hackers may not be the best immediate solution. For companies to make meaningful change, they must focus on both cybersecurity and not giving these criminals what they want. Hackers must be shown that disrupting the medical industry is not profitable.
There is a 20% chance that a theft of >$10M of intellectual property be widely attributed to an AI cyberattack before 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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