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title: "Ransomware: Response & Recovery Guide - ClearDATA"
description: If your organization creates, processes, transmits, or stores protected health information (PHI), you are a prime target for ransomware. Hackers
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# Ransomware: Response & Recovery Guide

 December 16, 2021

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#### Table of Contents

If your organization creates, processes, transmits, or stores [protected health information](https://www.cleardata.com/blog/understanding-and-combating-healthcare-cybersecurity-threats-today/) (PHI), **you are a prime target for ransomware. **Hackers continue to prey on healthcare and its vast amount of data.

The potential harm to patients, operational damage, threat to human life, and astounding recovery costs can be catastrophic to any healthcare organization that experiences a ransomware attack. **In the most severe scenarios, an attack can effectively bring down the hospital’s entire system. **

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