Healthcare
Hospitals, health records, insurers and pharma: data exposure through AI tools and fraud using AI-generated documents and voices.
Last 12 months · since Nov 4, 2025
Official warnings and preparedness
Public warnings, exercises, advisories and new rules from heads of government, ministers, regulators, central banks, intergovernmental bodies and national cyber agencies. Each entry links to its source.
- WarningUK authorities (as reported by The Independent) · Security agencyUnited Kingdom
UK hospitals and power stations warned of 'high risk' from AI-powered malware
A warning reported by The Independent says UK hospitals and power stations are at 'high risk' of AI-powered malware attacks. The headline does not name the issuing body.
Source: The Independent
- RuleDonald Trump, President of the United States (Executive Order 14409) · Head of governmentUnited States
US executive order on advanced AI innovation and security addresses AI-enabled cyber threats
The order directs agencies to prioritise cyber defence of government systems, has Treasury set up a voluntary AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, names rural hospitals, community banks and local utilities, and creates a voluntary pre-release framework for frontier models.
Source: The White House
- AdvisoryJapan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Health Policy Bureau) · RegulatorJapan
Japan health ministry alerts medical institutions to cyber risks from misuse of high-performance AI
A notice to prefectures for medical institutions said AI misuse could sharply increase the speed and scale of cyber attacks, citing frontier models, and set priority measures on governance, vulnerability handling, ransomware, incident response and supply chains.
Source: Ota City, Tokyo (republished MHLW notice)
- WarningJapan Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Minister Ueno) · MinisterJapan
Japan health minister meets medical organisations on AI-driven cyberattacks
At a meeting with medical organisations and the National Cybersecurity Office, the health minister said high-performance AI is increasing the threat of cyberattacks and that cybersecurity is a priority as healthcare digitalisation advances.
Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
- AdvisoryJapan National Cybersecurity Office (Cabinet Secretariat) with FSA, MIC, MHLW, METI, MLIT, MOD, NPA and Cabinet Office · Security agencyJapan
Japan alerts critical infrastructure operators to misuse of high-performance AI (Project YATA-Shield)
A joint alert said AI misuse could sharply increase the speed and scale of cyber attacks, citing frontier models' vulnerability-discovery capabilities, and asked critical infrastructure operators to act under executive leadership, reinforce basics and speed vulnerability fixes.
Source: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Verified incidents
How the sector gets attacked
The most frequent attack types in this sector's case files over the last 12 months, and the AI products named in them.
AI products named
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