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Healthcare hit hardest by ransomware last year, FBI IC3 report shows

March 12, 2024 - The healthcare sector suffered more ransomware attacks than any other critical infrastructure sector last year, according to complaint data examined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2023 Internet Crime Report. Every year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) receives thousands of complaints and compiles them into an...

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