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Ransomware gangs go after EMEA healthcare's supply chain
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Ransomware gangs are systematically targeting healthcare supply chains across EMEA, hitting not just hospitals but diagnostic labs, pharmacies, software vendors, and medical equipment suppliers as stepping stones to larger targets. Fourteen named threat actor groups are active in the region, with average breach costs reaching €10.3 million and operational downtime the primary expense driver.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Digital Health.
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If you sell to healthcare in Europe—software, equipment, staffing, diagnostics—you are now on the ransomware map, not as the goal but as the unlocked door. Your customer's downtime cost (€1.75m per day) makes you worth hitting; patch now or become the weak link in their supply chain.
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