About 30 new health data breaches have been added in recent weeks to the official federal tally. The total victim count for 2018 so far so far is 6.1 million. Hacker attacks accounted for 4.3 million of the victims. The largest health data breach reported to HHS so far in 2018 affected 1.4 million individuals. The Department of Health and Human Services’ HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website lists breaches affecting 500 or more individuals since 2009. Experts say phishing attacks on healthcare entities involving business email compromise scams “may be more common than anyone might guess””]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/health-data-breach-victim-tally-for-2018-soars-a-11407