Pirates use AI to amplify security threats by e-mail to health care

The threats by e-mail of phishing powered by AI are an increasing concern for cybersecurity for hospitals and other health care organizations. A new Paubox report highlights the disconnection between perceived safety preparation and real vulnerability in health care mail systems. This also draws attention to what health care organizations can do to improve their way of protecting themselves.

According to the report, Healthcare He is dangerously confident about email safety,, Pirates use a generative AI to develop messages that imitate the tone, the structure and urgency of real communication. They go beyond the management team to target billing teams, HR and clinicians.

“We have seen threats by e-mail evolve faster than many tools intended to stop them,” said Paubox CEO Hoala Greevy. “It is no longer just phishing – it is a large scale disappointment.”

While 92% of IT leaders say they are confident in their ability to prevent e-mail violations, 86% admit that they are concerned about their HIPAA compliance status, highlighting a dangerous gap between perceived preparation and regulatory reality. According to the report, health teams of health often work with the limitations of resources, competing priorities and institutional resistance, which create a perfect storm of inaction, according to the report. Despite increasing awareness of the risk of electronic messaging, these obstacles prevent a significant change.

“While the progress of AI and analysis continue to progress, hackers will find more inventive and effective means of capitalizing on human weakness in the fields of (put) confidence, the desire for opportunity and practical awards.” According to Amy Larsen Decarlo, main analyst of GlobalData.

Too many Health Care IT heads are based on obsolete executives, unaccompanied configurations and hypotheses that have not been tested in conditions of violation of the real world, warns the report. It is time to reassess trust platforms, tools and training.

The report is based on a survey capturing the experience and prospects of 150 IT heads based in the United States gathered in the first quarter of 2025, representing various organizations and health environments. The report also includes information from real world violations and user behavior data collected through internal security journals.

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