"US Healthcare Sector Breaches 342m+ Records Since 2009"

Security researchers at Comparitech discovered that healthcare organizations (HCOs) in the US have suffered nearly 5000 publicly recorded data breaches since 2009, spilling hundreds of millions of records in the process.  The researchers analyzed data from 2009 to June 2022 to better understand the scale of the security challenges facing the sector.  The researchers stated that of the 4746 medical breaches recorded over the period, the largest numbers came in 2020 (803) and 2021 (711), although the most records were breached in 2015 (112 million).  California accounted for the most breaches (around 10%) in total, but when sliced according to population size, Indiana comes out on top with 1.28 million records affected per 100,000 residents.  The researchers noted that in 2021 and 2022, hacking was the most common type of breach, accounting for over 40% each year.  The next most frequent, excluding unknowns, was ransomware, which accounted for nearly a quarter (23%) of incidents last year.  

Infosecurity reports: "US Healthcare Sector Breaches 342m+ Records Since 2009"