Threat actors are exploiting IT, IoMT, OT and IoT devices across healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) to deploy ransomware, demand payments and monetize stolen patient data, according to Forescout’s Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) in Healthcare: From Data Risk to Migration Readiness report. Researchers analyzed a dataset containing more than 2.5 million devices across more than 50 HDO networks.
Medical devices patients rely on most are least prepared for quantum attacks
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