The sickening truth: Healthcare data breaches reach all-time high
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If your healthcare data hasn't been breached in 2024, then you either don't know it yet or should consider yourself very lucky.
That's because 2024 was a nightmare year for healthcare institutions and patients in the U.S. A total of 184,111,469 records were breached. That's 53% of the 2024 population of the United States.
This staggering figure represents a significant increase from previous years, setting a new and alarming record in healthcare data breaches.
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