News Provided by The Hill – As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, a related crisis has emerged.
Hackers are taking advantage of the increased reliance on networks to target critical organizations such as healthcare groups and members of the public, stealing and profiting off sensitive information and putting lives at risk.
“We were beginning to get calls from all over Europe in particular that there was a significant escalation in cyberattacks from March onward,” C5 Capital CEO and Founder André Pienaar told The Hill. “We decided we had to do something to help, and launched the Cyber Alliance to Defend Our Healthcare as part of a transatlantic effort to protect the crucial care provided by hospitals and clinics.”In an interview with The Hill, he noted that ransomware attacks have increasingly become a method of choice for hackers, who according to Pienaar and other officials include both cyber criminal organizations and those backed by nation states.
Hackers are taking advantage of the increased reliance on networks to target critical organizations such as healthcare groups and members of the public, stealing and profiting off sensitive information and putting lives at risk.“We were beginning to get calls from all over Europe in particular that there was a significant escalation in cyberattacks from March onward,” C5 Capital CEO and Founder André Pienaar told The Hill. “We decided we had to do something to help, and launched the Cyber Alliance to Defend Our Healthcare as part of a transatlantic effort to protect the crucial care provided by hospitals and clinics.”In an interview with The Hill, he noted that ransomware attacks have increasingly become a method of choice for hackers, who according to Pienaar and other officials include both cyber criminal organizations and those backed by nation states.