{"id":61008,"date":"2023-01-06T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T03:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/?p=61008"},"modified":"2023-01-06T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T03:37:52","slug":"hospitals-in-the-crosshairs-the-alarming-rise-of-ransomware-attacks-in-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/en\/2023\/01\/hospitals-in-the-crosshairs-the-alarming-rise-of-ransomware-attacks-in-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals in the Crosshairs: The Alarming Rise of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"61008\" class=\"elementor elementor-61008\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9966c4 post-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9966c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;437ef7f&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2884b38\" data-id=\"2884b38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980bf1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"980bf1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scadafence.com\/hubfs\/HealthcareRansomware.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/>\n<div class=\"blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"blog-section\">\n<div class=\"blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"section post-body\">\n\nOn a Sunday evening in late December, 2022 The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto was hit with a ransomware attack that took down several vital hospital\u00a0network systems and caused widespread disruptions in patient care. 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