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2024 Breach Barometer Report Special Section on HHS

2024 Breach Barometer

What Impact are Healthcare Data Breaches Having on Your Organization?

The 2024 Protenus Breach Barometer® takes a deep dive into the impact data breaches are having on healthcare. Our annual analysis looks at how data breaches are affecting healthcare, with data compiled and analyzed by DataBreaches.net and additional analyses by Protenus. In addition to incidents disclosed to HHS or the media, the report includes proprietary, non-publicly available data on the status of health data breaches across the country.

2024 BREACH BAROMETER KEY FINDINGS:
171M+ patient records breached in 2023.
171M+ patient records breached in 2023.
Predominance of hacking incidents, significantly inflating the count of patient records breached.
Predominance of hacking incidents, significantly inflating the count of patient records breached.
Unauthorized access, including insiders represents 93% of the cause of reported incidents, underscoring the persistent and discrete operational disruptions.
Unauthorized access, including insiders represents 93% of the cause of reported incidents, underscoring the persistent and discrete operational disruptions.
Escalated financial ramifications for breached entities, facing more severe penalties and settlements.
Escalated financial ramifications for breached entities, facing more severe penalties and settlements.

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