Friday 25 December 2015

100M hacked health care records make 2015 the sector’s worst year yet for cybersecurity

Hackers managed to compromise more than 100 million health care records in 2015, making this year the worst on record for the industry with respect to cybersecurity, new government data suggests.

In addition to the major Anthem breach in March that affected nearly 80 million customers of the health care insurer, new numbers put out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate that incidents suffered by Premera Blue Cross, Excellus Health Plan and others this calendar year put the total number of individuals impacted by industry-related cyber breaches at over 100 million. For the full article click here 



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