Could China Unleash a Cyber Pearl Harbor?

FBI Director Warns of a Chinese “Cyber Pearl Harbor”

In testimony before Congress this week, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that in any conflict over the future of Taiwan, China could unleash a “Cyber Pearl Harbor” to devastate the United States infrastructure and unleash havoc for Americans.

Dangers of Cyber Attacks on our Healthcare System

Cyber-attacks on the US healthcare system have been growing in frequency and impact in the last few years – and these attacks pale in comparison to what a coordinated attack by the Chinese might look like.

Just this past Thanksgiving, a cyber-attack impacted 30 hospitals and 200 sites of care,

Ardent Health Services, which owns 30 hospitals and 200 sites of care across six states, confirmed a healthcare cyberattack that occurred on the morning of November 23. Hospitals in multiple states have been forced to divert ambulances amid disruptions caused by the Thanksgiving day cyberattack, CNN first reported.  

The impacts of this Thanksgiving cyber-attack were devastating,

“The attacks forced some hospitals to go on diversion, meaning they were unable to accept new patients, while emergency rooms were closed to patients in need of critical time-sensitive lifesaving treatment and forced to delay or cancel surgeries and other critical procedures,” said Greenhalgh.

“We have seen the direct impact on certain patient groups, such as stroke patients, who have minimal time to diagnose clotting or bleeding once admitted into the emergency room. Without proper medical devices, how can a caregiver know which to treat or the severity?”