DOTmed July 27, 2021
John R. Fischer

Only seven months into 2021 and more than 22.8 million people have fallen victim to healthcare data breaches.

This is a 185% increase from the same time last year, when just 7.9 million patients were affected. In addition, the number of reported breaches to the HHS increased 27% year-over-year during the first six months of 2021, with providers out of all healthcare entities experiencing the most breaches at 73%, according to a new report by Fortified Health Security.

“Educating the workforce on current phishing schemes to spot a phishing email and ensuring appropriate email security technical controls are in place are two of the biggest vulnerabilities in the healthcare ecosystem today. Unfortunately, email phishing threats have been at or near...

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