Increase vigilance against cyberattacks - Nature Biotechnology

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The US government says healthcare cyberthreats account for 24.5% of all hacks — more than for any other sector — with each breach costing an average of ~$5 million. And in healthcare, the biotech sector may be the weakest link of all

Several lines of attack are employed: phishing , smishing , hijacking of remote desktop protocols , exploiting cloud and software vulnerabilities , ‘watering hole attacks’ , and external devices like memory sticks that can be used to physically upload malware into a network.at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of them affecting biopharma companies.

In October 2020, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories was forced to shut several production facilities in the wake of a

 

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