Ransomware attacks have impacted hospital systems and imaging services across the country in recent weeks, with Prospect Medical Holdings in August being one of the latest victims of such attacks.
Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), spoke with AuntMinnie.com about how these attacks occur and what hospital systems can do to protect themselves. She also spoke about how AI may be used by hackers to launch their ransomware attacks.