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COVID-19 Brings Additional Cybersecurity Challenges To Health Care Sector: Experts

The coronavirus pandemic means more use of telehealth and hospital staff having to work remotely, which increases opportunities for malicious hackers to take advantage of the situation, experts tell Medtech Insight.

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A joint group of US federal entities recently published a cybersecurity alert that warned stakeholders of a number of potential threats to the health care and public health (HPH) sector. Experts say it’s a sign that the government is aware the coronavirus pandemic adds additional hurdles for health care cybersecurity.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a

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