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Table 1 The German industry-specific security standard for proving the state of the art in healthcare lists these cyber threats for hospitals, among others [1]

From: Simulating the overload of medical processes due to system failures during a cyberattack

 

B3S: IT-Threats to hospitals

1

General threats

1a

E. g. Failure of basic infrastructure (Powersupply,‥)

2

Vulnerabitilities

2a

E. g. Use of unsuitable IT networks, linking of services

3

Industry sector specific threats

3a

E. g. Loss of confidentiality especially sensible patient data

4

IT-specific threats

4a

Not availibility of relevant data

4b

Not availibility of relevant IT-systems

4c

Not availibility of relevant logistic chains

4d

Manipulation of relevant data

4e

Hacking and Manipulation core systems

4f

Ransomware (or other malware)

4g

DDoS attacks

4h

Social Engineering

4i

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

4j

Identity Theft and missuse

4k

E-Mail Account theft