Escalating Cyber Threats to Medical Devices Impact Patient Care (infosecurity-magazine.com)

• One-quarter of healthcare entities report medical device compromise.
• Attacks directly impact clinical delivery and patient outcomes.
• Increased connectivity correlates with higher systemic risk levels.

"A report by RunSafe indicates that 25% of healthcare organizations have experienced cyber-attacks targeting medical devices. These security breaches are increasingly resulting in the disruption of critical patient care services. As the medical device ecosystem becomes more interconnected, the vulnerability of legacy and modern hardware to malicious exploitation has surged. The findings underscore a systemic weakness in healthcare digital resilience, necessitating urgent upgrades in firmware security and network segmentation to mitigate risks to human life and operational continuity."