301M Records Exposed: The HIPAA Breach Epidemic
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- 735 breach reports filed with HHS Office for Civil Rights, affecting millions of records.
- Change Healthcare breach alone exposed 192.7 million records, more than half of the US population's health records.
- Top 10 breaches account for 82% of all exposed records, with Change Healthcare leading at 192.7 million.
- Hacking/IT incidents caused 84% of breaches, while insider threats accounted for 15%.
- California, Texas, and Florida lead in breach counts, following population centers.
- Breached organizations are now high-priority prospects for cybersecurity investments due to urgent, board-level mandates.
- CipherCue offers real-time monitoring of HHS OCR filings to alert teams of new breaches.