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MCOL Cyber Attacks
By Staff Reporters
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Critical Insight: 2021 with 5 Findings
• In 2021, 45 million individuals were affected by healthcare cyber-attacks, up from 34 million in 2020.
• The total number of affected increased 32% over 2020, meaning that more records are exposed per breach each year.
• Breaches only rose 2.4% from 663 in 2020 to 679 in 2021 but still hit historic highs.
• Hacking/IT incidents continue as the most common cause of breaches with an increase of 10% in 2021.
• Hacking incidents at outpatient/specialty clinics saw a 41% increase in these types of breaches in 2021.
Source: Critical Insight via Fierce Healthcare, February 1, 2022
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