The number of patient records exposed in data breaches doubled in 2023

Cybersecurity Dive January 18, 2024
Emily Olsen

Though the number of data breaches declined slightly from 2022, more than 116 million records were exposed last year, Fortified Health Security found.

Dive Brief:

• The number of patient records exposed in data breaches doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, even as the number of breaches declined slightly, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Fortified Health Security.
• The report, which analyzed data from the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, found that more than 116 million records were compromised across 655 breaches. It’s a “significant peak in patient data exposure” that eclipsed an earlier high point in 2015, when three major breaches contributed to a spike in divulged health records, Fortified health security found.
• Last year also...

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