Prescription For Protection: Healthcare Industry Observations From Crowdstrike Investigations
CrowdStrike, July 1,2025
Real-world insights from CrowdStrike Services on how healthcare CISOs and IT leaders can stay ahead of today's fast-moving, high-impact cyber threats.
The healthcare sector continues to be a prime target for cyber adversaries, with threat actors constantly evolving their tactics to exploit vulnerabilities. Over the past year, CrowdStrike Services responded to a growing number of financially motivated attacks aimed at encrypting data and extorting victims across the healthcare ecosystem. Notably, the tactics and techniques employed by threat actors have been unusually consistent across various healthcare entities, including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance firms, and patient clinics.
This blog explores CrowdStrike's frontline observations across multiple incidents, the unique risks facing healthcare organizations, the adversary tradecraft we've seen, and practical steps to strengthen cybersecurity readiness.