About 30 new health data breaches have been added in recent weeks to the official “Wall of Shame” victim count for 2018 so far to 6.1 million victims. Hacker attacks accounted for 4.3 million of the victims, including a phishing attack on 1.4 million individuals. Phishing attacks on healthcare entities involving business email compromise scams “may be more common than anyone might guess,” says Susan Lucci, senior privacy and security consultant at tw-Security.com. Another 91 incidents are listed as “unauthorized access/disclosure” breaches, impacting nearly 803,000 individuals.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/health-data-breach-victim-tally-for-2018-soars-a-11407