Within August, 32 of the 49 data breaches at healthcare organizations were associated with hacking and IT incidents. These types of incidents affected 602,663 patient records.
Below is a break down of the causes of data breaches:
- Hacking/IT incident: 32
- Unauthorized access/disclosure: 12
- Loss: 3
- Theft: 2
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