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Cybersecurity · Cybersecurity Consulting

The team at Sofistic, Cuatroochenta’s cybersecurity unit, recently discovered five vulnerabilities in an open-source software that is utilized by healthcare centers across more than 100 countries. The goal is to identify and report possible security breaches before they are exploited by cybercriminals.

This finding is part of a broader investigation being conducted by the company to assess the security maturity of open-source medical management systems. As part of this investigation, approximately twenty open-source healthcare management software solutions have been analyzed, it is important to note that the healthcare sector has been a frequent target of cybercriminals in recent years due to the large amount of sensitive information that hospitals, healthcare centers, and pharmaceutical companies handle. These attacks have had a significant impact on healthcare activity. For instance, the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, the drug distributor Alliance Healthcare, and the Colombian pharmacy chain Audifarma have all experienced cyber-attacks in the past.