The Anthem Inc. website is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 21, 2018. Anthem Inc. is benefiting from a decision last year to retreat from the Affordable Care Act's health insurance markets and raise prices significantly. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Health-care providers and government agencies across the US have seen an increase in cybersecurity breaches in recent months, exposing sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of people as the sector scrambles to find adequate defence mechanisms.
“These threats are real,” Oscar Alleyne, senior adviser at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, said Tuesday during a panel in Washington. The breaches include malware attacks, computer thefts, unauthorized network access and other security breaches, according to a government database that tracks attacks in the health-care sector.
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