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Alastair MacGibbon: CyberCX Chief Strategy Officer warns of increasing risk of cyber attacks targeting healthcare

Published: April 10, 2023, 7:41 p.m.

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A cyber security firm is warning of an increasing risk of cyber attacks targeting healthcare.

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A CyberCX report shows it\'s in the top five most targeted sectors in Australia and New Zealand by cyber extortion groups.

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It ranks third alongside IT and wholesale and retail services.

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Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon told Tim Dower it\'s the sensitive and important information that\'s attractive to cyber thefts.

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He says criminal groups take the information and use it as leverage to demand money.

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