9 biggest healthcare data breaches in the past 2 years

Here are nine healthcare data breaches from across the globe involving more than 1 million records, occurring in 2014 and 2015, according to the Breach Level Index from Gemalto.

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1. Anthem Blue Cross (2015)
•    Records breached: 78.8 million
•    Source of breach: State sponsored

2. Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center/SK Telecom (2015)
•    Records breached: 43 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious insider

3. Korean Medical Association, Association of Korean Medicine and Korean Dental Association (2014)
•    Records breached: 17 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious outsider  

4. Premera, Lifewise (2014)
•    Records breached: 11.25 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious outsider
    
5. UCLA Health System (2015)
•    Records breached: 4.5 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious outsider

6. Community Health Systems (2014)
•    Records breached: 4.5 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious outsider

7. Medical Informatics Engineering/NoMoreClipboard/South Bend Medical Foundation/Louisville metro/Margaret Mary Community Hospital (2015)
•    Records breached: 3.9 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious outsider  

8. GE Healthcare (2014)
•    Records breached: 2.4 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious insider

9. Texas Health and Human Services (2014)
•    Records breached: 2 million
•    Source of breach: Malicious insider  

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