“Cybercrime is taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the coronavirus crisis to act more intensely, unlike what has been happening with criminals in the physical realm.

Cybercriminals seeking to profit financially from the current situation have made healthcare system operators their primary targets. Malicious intrusion attempts into hospitals and insurance companies have skyrocketed.

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“The emergence of ransomware makes a lot of sense from a criminal perspective; patient data is no longer at the foot of the bed on a clipboard but in virtual folders,” explains Selva Orejón, from the firm Onbranding, which specializes in cyber investigation and digital identity protection. “It is essential to remember the need to maintain backups of this type of information in locations not connected to the network, except for the minimum time necessary to update data,” recommends Orejón.

“At this moment, losing clinical records would be disastrous,” adds Colonel Gómez de Ágreda. “Attackers, more than chaos, are pursuing economic benefits,” clarifies this cybersecurity expert.

“Including the healthcare world, all citizens are eager for information from reliable and trustworthy sources, which is why we can expect certain malware attempts to be carried out under the guise of prestigious organizations like the WHO, just as they are done under Amazon at Christmas, for example,” concludes cyber investigator Orejón.”

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