Beers with Talos Podcast

Why Ransomware Actors Are (and Aren’t) Targeting Healthcare

Mitch Neff (host) and Matt Olney (speaker)

Recorded early November, 2020 – This is an EP we recorded in early November but got pushed back in the end of year shuffle to make production schedules work. We’re happy to put this one out now with somewhat belated takes on (somewhat recent) health care ransomware attacks. We discuss a few key questions that are rather evergreen. Why is health care targeted in this way (and other verticals for that matter)? What defines a “high value” target to a ransomware actor? How can targeted entities better defend themselves?

Full notes on the Talos blog