FBI: Cybersecurity threats have risen during the pandemic PUBLISHED 9:00 PM ET May. 20, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:00 PM EDT May. 20, 2021
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The Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity breach earlier this month exposed how vulnerable both public and private companies are to cyber attacks.
According to Supervisory Special Agent Samantha Baltzersen with the FBI Cyber Task Force in Albany, there has been a rise in cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Healthcare organizations are generally very large, have lots of vendors, business partners and affiliates, Baltzersen said. There are a lot of mergers, so the attack surface for healthcare entities is ever growing. When COVID hit, they only got larger.”