October was the month with the largest number of data breaches formally reported by entities in the healthcare sector. The tally for health records exposed or lost to a cyber incident this year is now pushing closer to 40 million. The number of incidents is the highest logged in a month since January 2014 and impacted 661,830 records. Most of the incidents were caused by unauthorized access or disclosure, while 18 of them originated from hacking or IT incidents. The healthcare industry is still a target that is both appealing and easy to attack.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-38-million-healthcare-records-exposed-in-breaches-over-2019/