Hospitals Among Hackers’ Favorite Ransom Targets, Insurer Warns

Hospitals may be better prepared for cyberattacks than other industries, but they’re still a favorite bull’s-eye for hackers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Online doctor visits have surged during pandemic to keep patients and providers from potentially exposing themselves and others to the virus. That shift opened up new opportunities for hackers to attack hospital networks.

Hospitals face a higher risk than other health-care entities for ransomware attacks, according to a Thursday report from Corvus Insurance.

“Unfortunately, we did see cyber adversaries increase their targeting of hospitals through phishing emails and cyberattacks or other online frauds, so it was a very ...