HealthIT Answers December 20, 2023
Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations and their business associates continue to increase at an alarming rate, with nearly 500 breaches affecting 500 or more individuals each reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) between January and November 2023. That compares to just 278 reported breaches for the same timeframe in 2022.
Cyberattacks come in all shapes and sizes. Attacks reported to the OCR in 2023 involved anywhere from 500 to more than 11 million individuals. In all, more than 90 million individuals were impacted by breaches, which took place at 300 provider organizations, 120 business associates, and 73 health plans. The vast majority were hacking incidents (407), followed by unauthorized access or...
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