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Media Framing and Portrayals of Ransomware Impacts on Informatics, Employees, and Patients: Systematic Media Literature Review

Media Framing and Portrayals of Ransomware Impacts on Informatics, Employees, and Patients: Systematic Media Literature Review

In addition, health care providers located in close proximity to another health care provider impacted by a ransomware attack could experience impacts from that event. One study that reported increased patient traffic at a hospital due to diversions from a hospital that experienced a ransomware attack [27]. News stories provide health care providers with information about the extent of a nearby ransomware event, which can help them to prepare.

Atiya Avery, Elizabeth White Baker, Brittany Wright, Ishmael Avery, Dream Gomez

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e59231

Vulnerability to Cyberattacks and Sociotechnical Solutions for Health Care Systems: Systematic Review

Vulnerability to Cyberattacks and Sociotechnical Solutions for Health Care Systems: Systematic Review

Ransomware is another type of man-made malware that can disrupt health care systems by infecting computer systems, locking people out of their files, and then demanding a ransom payment in exchange for access to those files [10,11]. Cyberattackers can publish the exposed health information to the web or sell it on the dark web [12].

Pius Ewoh, Tero Vartiainen

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e46904