As if hospitals around the U.S. don’t have enough to worry about in the midst of a pandemic, their everyday cybersecurity concerns, including their vulnerability to being targeted by robocallers or having their official phone numbers spoofed by scammers trying to defraud consumers, haven’t gone away.
As part of the recently passed TRACED Act, the Federal Communications Commission is required to put together a group which can recommend best practices for hospitals to combat robocalls, and for carriers to help protect them. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the formation of the advisory committee, dubbed the Hospital Robocall Protection Group, yesterday.
