Hack on Florida’s Vital Statistics is just the latest cyberattack on health-related systems

The Florida Department of Health’s system for distributing birth and death certificates is under recovery following a reported ransomware attack by a criminal gang, who claimed to have stolen 100GB of personal data. The department hasn’t confirmed the attack but did acknowledge some systems were non-operational. The outages have caused delays and financial problems for families needing death certificates. The FBI reports an 18% rise in ransomware attacks, primarily targeting healthcare systems, in the past year.