Becker's Healthcare May 25, 2022
Giles Bruce

The top motivation of healthcare cyberattacks was financial, comprising 95 percent of hacking incidents, according to a May 24 Verizon data breach report.

The other reasons were espionage (4 percent) and convenience and grudge (1 percent each). The compromised information included personal (58 percent), medical (46 percent) and credentials (29 percent).

Of the 849 healthcare incidents Verizon analyzed — 571 with confirmed data disclosure — 61 percent involved external actors, though...

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