The recently released CynergisTek report spotlighted the ongoing, uphill battle the sector is facing with ransomware: "COVID-19 inspired hackers to pursue ransomware as companies rushed to digitize without adequate security measures, creating more extortion targets." Data show there was a 435% increase in ransomware from 2019 to 2020. These attacks can cause millions in damages and care delays, as seen in the recent attacks and recovery efforts at the Ireland Health Service Executive and even the late 2020 attack on Universal Health Service. The UHS incident cost $67 million in lost revenue and recovery efforts. As recently noted by Christian Dameff, M.D ., an emergency room physician at the University of California San Diego, outages caused by cyber incidents can leave area hospitals overcrowded, due to the influx of patients diverted from the downed hospital.