Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity: Phishing Name: Affiliation: Course: Instructor: Date: Cybersecurity: Phishing Phishing Attack Phishing is a type of cyberattack that employs fraudulent text messages, emails, websites, or phone calls to trick individuals into sharing sensitive data or exposing themselves to cyberattacks. Because phishing usually requires the recipient to do an activity, it depends on social engineering strategies, with several contacts thus seeming to be from trustworthy sites (Priestman et al., 2019). In healthcare, this cybercrime commonly targets employees intending to obtain access to patient records and financial systems. The Type of Organization The breach happened in a local hospital that employs more than 200 staff members and offers several services, including elective surgeries. After the attack, staff could not access essential patient medical histories, contributing to substantial delays in elective surgeries. Involved Parties The primary actors involved in the phishing attack included the actual attackers, hospital administrative assistants, and patients. The attackers were a cybercriminal group pretending to be a reliable vendor from a genuine supply company. Th...