FBI Urges Hospitals To Work With Feds On Cyber Plans Amid Rising Attacks

Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Paul Abbate on Tuesday (April 26) urged hospitals and providers to develop formal cyber response plans in partnership with their local FBI bureau, and a day later U.S. cybersecurity officials issued another joint warning with regulators in allied countries as Russian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure increase. Abbate told hospitals that cyberattacks are a direct threat to human life, as they have degraded life-saving medical technologies, leading to misdiagnoses and canceled surgeries, in addition to...