One hundred sixty healthcare breaches were reported at the same point in 2022, an increase of over 104 percent, according to Fortified Health Security’s “2023 Mid-Year Horizon Report: The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare” published in July.
Halfway through 2022, there had been 2 million compromised records from a single data breach. In the first six months of 2023, there were five breaches of at least 3 million records each.
The mid-year report breaks down the total reported healthcare breaches in 2023, looking at the different types of entities that have been impacted: healthcare providers comprise 62 percent, business associates comprise 25 percent and health plans comprise 13 percent.
Hacking/IT incidents are the most common type of breach in 2023 so far, accounting for 75 percent of the total. Sixty-five percent of the breaches originated from network servers.
