Politico October 17, 2023
DEEP IMPACT — Health data breaches reported to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights have soared in 2023, on pace to double last year’s total, according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest agency data.
Nearly 89 million people in the U.S. have had their sensitive health information breached so far this year, up from 43.5 million during the same period last year. That includes a breach HCA Healthcare reported in late July that impacted 11 million people, one of the largest data security incidents ever, as well as a ransomware attack on dental plan Managed Care of North America that impacted about 9 million people.
A CMS contractor’s software vulnerability also led to hackers accessing 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ data, including...
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