People often ask why someone would want to hack into a medical device. The first question, however, should be why Healthcare is the most hacked vertical of all. Experts say that it is easier to penetrate a healthcare organization because of the inherent complexity. But more importantly, the value of health records in the black market is very high. According to a recent article published on CNBC, a health record could fetch up to $1,000, which is almost 40 times the highest v

Healthcare is currently the industry most susceptible to hacking. According to Gemalto’s Data Breach Index, healthcare came first in having the most data records (~ 386 million) stolen in 2016. According to a recent British Medical Journal article, 81% of 223 organizations surveyed, and >110 million patients in the US had their data compromised in 2015 alone; only half of these healthcare providers think that they are capable of defending themselves from cyber attacks, and