{"id":180401,"date":"2026-01-21T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/hospital-cybersecurity-in-focus-as-attacks-increase\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:40:15","slug":"hospital-cybersecurity-in-focus-as-attacks-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/hospital-cybersecurity-in-focus-as-attacks-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital cybersecurity in focus as attacks increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hospital cybersecurity in focus as attacks increase<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/siliconangle.com\/2026\/01\/21\/hospital-cybersecurity-attacks-increase-medtechunplugged\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-21 16:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: siliconangle.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHospital cybersecurity remains a top story as\u00a0ransomware attacks continue to escalate. Because digital disruption from cybersecurity failures raises patient risk, the sector is being forced to treat cyber readiness as a public safety issue.
\nAttacks surged during the pandemic, turning hospitals into prime targets, according to John Riggi (pictured, left), national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association. Notably, much of this activity is driven by foreign-based criminal and nation-state actors seeking to steal sensitive health data.
\n\u201cOne of the reasons that they are able to make such money off this is because they\u2019re targeting mission-critical, life-critical-type organizations that provide mission-critical and life-critical services like hospitals,\u201d Riggi said. \u201cIf the hospital is not fully prepared to defend against and recover independently, sometimes, unfortunately, they\u2019re forced to pay the ransom.\u201d
\nRiggi and Scott Gee (right), deputy national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, spoke with theCUBE\u2019s John Furrier for theCUBE + NYSE Wired: MedTech Unplugged: The Future of AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences interview series, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media\u2019s livestreaming studio. They discussed the rising threat of ransomware and cyberattacks against hospitals, and the growing imperative to treat cyber resilience\u00a0and hospital cybersecurity as a priority.
\nHospital cybersecurity in focus
\nCyberattacks that disrupt hospital operations are not just data theft incidents but direct threats to human life, as delays in care can endanger patients. That shift in perspective on risk is pushing healthcare leaders and policymakers to treat cyber resilience as a patient safety issue, according to Riggi.
\n\u201cThese attacks are not just on the organization; they\u2019re on the patients inside the hospital, and really they\u2019re attacks on the entire community that depends on the availability of the nearest hospital,\u201d Riggi said. \u201cI\u2019ve used this phrase in the past in the public: These aren\u2019t just hacking incidents. Ransomware attacks are the equivalent of cyber terrorism because they put at risk entire communities.\u201d
\nMany modern systems, even the newest versions, are built on layers of legacy technology that were never designed with security in mind. As a result, protections were often added after the fact rather than embedded by design, according to Gee.
\n\u201cWhat we encourage hospitals to think about now is Secure by Design,\u201d Gee said. \u201cThat\u2019s really how we solve this problem going forward.\u201d
\nSecure by Design is an initiative promoted by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that aims to see organizations prioritize security as a core business requirement. But defending critical U.S. infrastructure from cyber threats requires more than just defensive measures \u2014 and more than just the effort of individual hospitals, according to Riggi.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve publicly encouraged the federal government, regardless of administration, to be more proactive and conduct more offensive cyber operations,\u201d Riggi said. \u201cThe U.S. government understands that now \u2026 especially in the last several months, we\u2019ve seen an increased tempo of enforcement operations and disruptions directed against the foreign adversary. We\u2019re hospitals. Our job is defense, not offense. And there\u2019s only so much we can do.\u201d
\nHere\u2019s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE\u2019s and theCUBE\u2019s coverage of theCUBE + NYSE Wired: MedTech Unplugged: The Future of AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences interview series:<\/p>\n

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