Laughter is the Best Medicine: US Hospitals to Beef Up Cybersecurity or Lose Federal Funding

Just when you thought hospitals were for fixing your ailments, they’re suiting up against cybercriminals! US government’s latest remedy? Withholding federal funds unless they meet “Hospital Cybersecurity Funding Standards”. A healthy diet of firewalls and encryption, or no dessert! It’s a cyber-catch-22 only a god-level…

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Just when you thought hospitals were only there to fix your ailments, turns out they also need to suit up for a totally different kind of battle - against cybercriminals! The US government is planning on withholding federal funding from hospitals unless they meet a certain standard of cybersecurity. Now, that's one way to enforce a healthy diet of firewalls and encryption!

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