Health IT Security May 24, 2022
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) showed an uptick in basic web application attacks and system intrusions in healthcare as cyberattacks increase across all industries.
The Verizon Business 2022 Data Investigations Report (DBIR) showed an increase in cyberattacks across all sectors, and healthcare was no exception. Accounting for all analyzed sectors, Verizon observed a troubling 13 percent increase in ransomware year-over-year, signifying an increase greater than the past five years combined.
Researchers analyzed a total of 23,896 security incidents, 849 of which occurred in the healthcare sector. Of the observed cyber incidents in healthcare, 571 resulted in confirmed data disclosure. In last year’s report, researchers observed 655 healthcare incidents, with 472 resulting in confirmed data disclosures.
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