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<ul><li>Indian pharmaceutical company <keyword id="46698" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lupin">Lupin</keyword> has confirmed an ‘information security incident’ that has affected multiple internal systems.</li><li>The incident comes within weeks of a ransomware attack on Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. </li><li>The average cost of a data breach in the healthcare industry is $7.3 million — 84% higher than the global average across all sectors.</li></ul>Another leading Indian pharmaceutical, Lupin, has reported a cybersecurity attack on its IT systems within two weeks of a ransomware attack on Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. “We have recently experienced an information security incident that has affected several of our internal IT systems. This has not impacted our core systems and operations,” Lupin told <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/lupin-confirms-security-incident-days-after-dr-reddys-cyber-attack/article33029527.ece">Hindu Business Line</a> in a statement. In October, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories had to ‘isolate’ its servers and took ‘preventive actions’ in the wake of a ransomware attack. The attack also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/dr-reddys-shares-fell-over-3-the-drug-maker-isolated-all-data-service-centers-after-a-cyber-attack/articleshow/78806238.cms">reportedly</a> forced the company to shut down its manufacturing facilities across the world to minimise the attack’s impact. The incidence of hackers trying to breach the firewalls of the healthcare industry have only increased during the coronavirus pandemic.To be fair, the Indian healthcare industry isn’t particularly careful about connecting to the internet. For instance, in June, the CEO of Hackrew and IIT Guwahati graduate <a href="https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/how-screwed-is-indian-healthcare-data-fa4584be8a04">Sai Krishna Kothapalli</a> was able to view, edit and delete classified personal information of lakhs of patients all over India. Healthcare industry faces the most expensive data breaches “Financially motivated criminal groups continue to target this industry via ransomware attacks,” said Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report 2020. To make matters worse, the average cost of a <keyword id="10183471" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cybersecurity-breach">cybersecurity breach</keyword> in the healthcare industry is higher than any other sector at a whopping $7.3 million. <div type="image" title="Average total cost of a data breach by industry (1)" msid="79061658" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Average total cost of a data breach by industry&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Even though this figure varies across geographies, the average cost of a <keyword id="10226939" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="data-breach-in-healthcare">data breach in healthcare</keyword> has been the most expensive for over a decade, according to <a href="https://www.ibm.com/in-en/security/data-breach">IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2020</a> report. This year was a 10% increase over 2019 and 84% higher than the global average. Healthcare industry takes nearly a year to track down cybersecurity issues While some data breaches can be attributed to human error or a system glitch, already 50% of them in the healthcare sector are due to malicious attacks. The healthcare industry also takes the longest amount of time to detect a breach and then contain the attack. IBM pegs the average time to around 329 days — that’s nearly a full year of data being exposed. <div type="image" title="Average time to identify and contain a data breach by industry" msid="79061682" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Average time to identify and contain a data breach by industry&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> However, India is not alone in its struggle. Other countries around the world are also grappling with the new onslaught of cyberattacks in the healthcare sector. Germany, for example, is trying to get ahead of the curve by enacting a new law for patient data protection and increased digitisation in health. In July, it already <a href="https://www.insideprivacy.com/health-privacy/germany-prepares-new-law-for-patient-data-protection-and-increased-digitalisation-in-healthcare-and-for-data-donations-for-research-purposes/">passed the draft bill</a> and is expected to come into force before the end of the year. 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Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s

San Francisco, A day after it was disclosed that <keyword id="10474761" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="israeli-intelligence-firm-nso-group">Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group</keyword> hacked iPhones of 36 <keyword id="2068899" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Al-Jazeera-journalists">Al Jazeera journalists</keyword>, top tech giants like <keyword id="10387" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword>, Cisco, VMware and the Internet Association filed an amicus brief in a legal case brought by Facebook-owned <keyword id="790242" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</keyword> against the NSO Group. The NSO Group is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Facebook, which last year accused that the Israeli spyware maker used Pegasus in WhatsApp to infect some 1,400 people, mostly celebrities, journalists and human rights activists. Facebook has submitted detailed proof in the court about the Israeli company and the allegedly hacking into at least 1,400 WhatsApp users via its controversial surveillance software. Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, <keyword id="10474762" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="customer-security">Customer Security</keyword> and Trust at Microsoft, said late on Monday that the NSO Group's business model is dangerous. "One of these 21st-century mercenaries, called the NSO Group, is attempting to cloak itself in the legal immunity afforded its government customers, which would shield it from accountability when its weapons inflict harm on innocent people and businesses," he emphasised. Burt said that private companies should remain subject to liability when they use their cyber-surveillance tools to break the law, or knowingly permit their use for such purposes, regardless of who their customers are or what they're trying to achieve. "That's why today we filed an amicus brief  along with Cisco, GitHub, Google, LinkedIn, VMWare and the Internet Association  in a legal case brought by WhatsApp against the NSO Group," he said. "We hope that standing together with our competitors today through this amicus brief will help protect our collective customers and global digital ecosystem from more indiscriminate attacks". Researchers from Canada-based Citizen Lab have revealed that the Pegasus spyware compromised iPhones of dozens of journalists. In July and August this year, government operatives used NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked, said researchers in a report that came out on Sunday. The NSO Group sold Pegasus to governments, which could be installed on a device simply by calling the device via WhatsApp and the device's owner did not even have to answer. "Even if the tools are sold to governments who use them for narrowly targeted attacks, there are a variety of ways they can still fall into the wrong hands," said Burt. According to him, private-sector companies creating these weapons are not subject to the same constraints as governments. "Private actors like the NSO Group are only incented to keep these vulnerabilities to themselves so they can profit from them, and the exploits they create are constantly recycled by governments and cybercriminals once they get into the wild". SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/top-stocks-to-watch-spicejet-interglobe-aviation-tata-motors-pfizer-asian-paints-niit-lupin-and-others/articleshow/79849749.cms">Top stocks to watch – SpiceJet, InterGlobe Aviation, Tata Motors, Pfizer, Asian Paints, NIIT, Lupin, and others</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/how-to-check-mrs-bectors-food-specialities-ipo-allotment-status-online/articleshow/79808672.cms?upcache=2">Mrs Bectors Food Specialities IPO allotment today: Here’s how to check share allotment status</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/google-microsoft-invest-in-dailyhunt-for-its-short-video-platform-josh-making-it-the-latest-unicorn-in-india/articleshow/79850804.cms">Google, Microsoft invest in DailyHunt for its short video platform Josh – making it the latest unicorn in India</a>

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Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s

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