An Underground View: Cyber Threats to Life Sciences and Health Care

Health care organizations faced significantly higher financial losses from cyberattacks in 2025 compared to 2024, with the average cost of a breach reaching $7.42 million. Intel 471's latest report examines the threat landscape facing the life sciences and health care sector, from compromised data and access vendors to ransomware, hacktivism, insider threats and social engineering, drawing on underground monitoring and intelligence collected from January 2025 to October 2025.

In this report, you'll learn about:

• How compromised data and access vendors are selling protected health information (PHI) and network credentials on cybercrime forums
• The initial access brokers and ransomware groups, including Inc., Qilin and RansomHub, most actively targeting health care providers, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology firms
• How supply chain attacks on third-party vendors are disrupting patient care and drug distribution
• Why hacktivist groups target hospitals and pharmaceutical companies over drug pricing, animal testing and geopolitical grievances
• The growing role of insider threats and business email compromise in facilitating data theft and fraud across the sector

Download Intel 471's report An Underground View: Cyber Threats to Life Sciences and Health Care to get the full breakdown of the threats facing the sector today.