American Hospital Association October 7, 2025
As of Oct. 3, 2025, 364 hacking incidents had been reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, affecting over 33 million Americans. To be clear, when a hacking incident is reported to OCR, that means that the health care records of the number of individuals reported as impacted by the breach have been stolen, in part or in full, by “bad guys” — most often foreign criminal hackers.
As appalling as that number may seem, we have become somewhat desensitized to the large numbers and the true impact of these crimes. The irony is that some may seem relieved that “only” 33 million Americans had their health care records stolen so far this...
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