1on1 interview
Ransomware no longer knocks only on the doors of large hospitals, but also small clinics. The story of a pediatrician from a small town who, after the attack, lost the electronic documentation of approximately two thousand patients highlights weak spots in the protection of health data. What does this imply for outpatient doctors, and what are their legal obligations? After an attack that encrypted all electronic data and demanded ransom in bitcoins, the doctor turned to the police and refused to pay. Because he lacked even basic security—no antivirus, firewall, or backups—he lost the documentation and asked the insurer at least for retrospective data from the care he had billed. According to the insurer’s experience, this is more the norm than an exception: many outpatient doctors still lack basic habits and technical measures. The feeling “who would care about me” is misguided, since today’s attacks are often automated and target any vulnerable workstation on the network.When one click is enough: a doctor without antivirus, firewall, or backups
