Healthcare data breaches appear to be on the decline for now.
The HIPAA Journal reported just 58 breaches in March – the lowest total for the month of March since 2022, and a 46% reduction from the 98 breaches reported in March 2023.
Category: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Security, Data and Information
Healthcare data breaches on the decline in March
Richmond University Medical Center data breach affects 674,000
Richmond University Medical Center in New York has experienced a data breach that has potentially exposed the protected health information of more than 674,000 people in and around Staten Island, the facility said.
Change Healthcare cyberattack affected PHI of 100 million
The Change Healthcare cyberattack compromised the protected health information of at least 100 million people, according to The HIPAA Journal.
This represents a third of the population in the United States and makes the data breach the largest known br…
