FILE PHOTO: President of Germany's national cyber defence body BSI Arne Schoenbohm presents a 2020 report at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2020. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - German hospitals may be at increased risk from hackers, the head of the country's cyber security agency said on Saturday, following two high-profile digital attacks this month on the Irish health service and a U.S. fuel pipeline.
Ireland's health service operator shut down its IT systems last Friday to protect them from a "significant" ransomware attack, crippling diagnostic services, disrupting COVID-19 testing and forcing the cancellation of many appointments.
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