Security experts are observing a significant drop in the black market value of stolen medical records. This summer cyber criminals offered 10 million patient records on TheRealDeal black marketplace for about $820,000, roughly $12 per record. Experts highlighted that the falling price for stolen records is pushing scammers to monetize their efforts in other ways, like ransomware-based attacks. 31% of all major HIPAA data breaches were caused by sophisticated attacks, a 300% increase over the past three years. The number of cyber attacks against organizations in the healthcare industry is increasing.”]
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