FBI investigating payment terminal maker in relation to cyberattacks

The FBI recently raided the Florida offices of Pax Technology, a Chinese-owned company that makes point-of-sale payment terminals, because the devices may have been involved in cyberattacks on U.S. and European organizations, according to news reports.
 
“These news reports of enforcement activity directed toward Pax are concerning,” said John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk. “POS terminals in general have been leveraged in the past as the entry point to compromise networks and sensitive data in health care and other industries. As with any POS terminal, hospitals and health systems are advised to ensure an accurate inventory of the devices, analyze them for any unexplained network traffic, network segment the devices if possible and disconnect any device exhibiting anomalous behavior.”

For more information on this or other cyber and risk issues, contact Riggi at jriggi@aha.org.