AI-Driven Email Attacks Are Exploding. Is Your Healthcare Organization at Risk?

A new report from Paubox highlights the disconnect between perceived security readiness and actual vulnerability within healthcare email systems. It exposes the costly consequences of overconfidence in email security and reveals why most organizations are far less secure than they think. Learn which mistakes are putting patient data and budgets in jeopardy, and get actionable recommendations to close your security gaps before regulators and attackers strike

According to the report, Healthcare IT is dangerously overconfident about email security, hackers use generative AI to craft messages that mimic the tone, structure, and urgency of real communication. They’re going beyond the executive team to target billing teams, HR, and clinicians.

“We’ve seen email threats evolve faster than many tools meant to stop them,” said Paubox CEO Hoala Greevy. “It’s not just about phishing anymore — it’s about deception at scale.”

IT leaders worry about their HIPAA compliance status, underscoring a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and regulatory reality, according to 86% of respondents.

“As progress in AI and analytics continues to advance, hackers will find more inventive and effective ways to capitalize on human weakness in areas of (mis)trust, the desire for expediency, and convenient rewards.” according to Amy Larsen DeCarlo, Principal Analyst, GlobalData.

The report is based on a survey capturing the experience and perspectives of 150 U.S.-based healthcare IT leaders gathered in Q1 2025, representing diverse healthcare organizations and settings. The report also includes insights from real-world breaches and user behavior data collected through internal security reviews.

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