Lawmakers ponder terrorism designations, homicide charges over hospital ransomware attacks
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Lawmakers and former FBI cyber officials discussed stronger penalties for ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector—potentially labeling them as terrorism or enabling homicide charges when patient deaths follow—after FBI statistics showed hospital incidents nearly doubled from 238 in 2024 to 460 in 2025; the article focuses on policy and legal responses rather than technical details of the attacks.
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