Providers beware: Consumers have low tolerance for cyberattacks

68% of U.S. consumers would consider leaving their healthcare provider if it was attacked by ransomware, a survey of 5,000 consumers by security firm Carbon Black shows. Roughly 7 in 10 consumers trust their healthcare providers and financial institutions to keep their data safe, while only about half trust retailers. At the same time, consumers believe individual organizations — and not security vendors, software companies or the government — bear the brunt of responsibility for protecting personal data. Mike Viscuso,...