In one of the dreadful data breaches in 2020, over a million medical records and 121 million medical photos of Indian patients, including X-rays and scans, were released online affecting a large number of patients in India. As per the reports, the patient data, scans, and photos from India also included information such as the patients’ names, date of birth, national ID, medical institutions’ names, medical history, physicians’ names, and other classified information. These figures indicate that cybercriminals are targeting health providers at an increasing pace.
Healthcare organisations are increasingly turning to AI to accomplish cybersecurity activities. Across the medical field, AI is improving diagnostics, patient care, clinical decision support, and more. Today's cybersecurity AI is capable of not only distinguishing between regular network activity and the work of a malicious hacker but also of launching a rapid response to halt the spread of that attack.
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