Health Data Breach Trends: A Mid-Year Assessment

Health Data Breach Trends: A Mid-Year Assessment

Although many of the largest breaches involved hackers and targeted business associates, the theft of unencrypted laptops and the improper disposal of paper records also led to big breaches.

A Thursday snapshot of the Department of Health and Human Services’ HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website shows that so far in 2020, 250 breaches affecting about 5.4 million individuals have been added.

Also commonly called the “wall of shame,” the HHS Office for Civil Rights website lists health data breaches impacting 500 or more individuals. The website shows a total of 3,316 breaches affecting nearly 244.3 million individuals since it was initiated in September 2009.

The 10 largest breaches added to the tally have impacted nearly 2.8 million individuals - or nearly 52 percent of everyone affected by major breaches so far this year.

Largest Breaches Added to HHS Tally in First Half of 2020 * Organization




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