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cord-033417-5elpvxhw	Muthuppalaniappan, Menaka	Healthcare Cyber-Attacks and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Urgent Threat to Global Health	2020-09-27		.txt	text/plain	1501	88	39	In April 2020, the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) published a report cautioning a global increase in the prevalence of cyber-attacks relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic [1] . 5 Alongside frontline health services, other parts of the healthcare industry supply chain are also vulnerable to attacks, including medical manufacturers working to meet the overwhelming global demand for COVID-19 essential goods. Early in May 2020, the UK's National Cyber-Security Centre (NCSC) announced a significant increase in cyber-attacks perpetrated by hostile states and cyber-criminals targeting British universities and institutions working on COVID-19 research [3] . In response to this and other attacks, the UK's Health Secretary gave the UK's intelligence service access and oversight to the NHS IT network in May. Unfortunately, healthcare organisations and universities often lack resources to protect against cyber-attacks and can be badly affected by the cost and long-term impacts of security breaches.	./cache/cord-033417-5elpvxhw.txt	./txt/cord-033417-5elpvxhw.txt