Federal agencies are warning of “an increased and imminent cybercrime threat” to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers, including so-called ransomware attacks.
The warnings were in a report released Wednesday, and authorities say that healthcare providers should take precautions to protect their systems.
The federal report says that the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have credible information about the threat.
The agencies say they have assessed that people are targeting the health sector with Trickbot malware,…
