- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a major threat to healthcare cybersecurity, as exemplified by the ongoing cyberattack tactics of KillNet, a pro-Russian hacktivist group that has been actively targeting the US healthcare sector.
DDoS attacks “have the potential to deny healthcare organizations and providers access to vital resources that can have detrimental impact on the ability to provide care,” the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned in its latest analyst note.