Healthcare data breaches are on the rise as companies increasingly use digital services to store sensitive patient material.
In healthcare, cyberattacks have outpaced other industries as criminals seize the opportunity to exploit system vulnerabilities in pursuit of a trove of private medical information. Over the past five years, hacking incidents have skyrocketed, according to federal records. The records also say that, from 2010 to 2022, data breaches exposed 385 million patient records.