Here are five statistics on data breaches:
1. Researchers analyzed four healthcare data breaches and found hackers stole at least 600,000 detailed patient records, and put 3 terabytes of associated data on the Dark Web’s black market, according to InfoArmor research.
2. Of data breaches across all industries, 23 percent happen at healthcare organizations, as found in a Brookings Institution report.
3. In 2015, healthcare had the highest rate of data breaches compared to any other industry, IBM reported.
4. Most healthcare organizations (90 percent) have suffered a data breach in the last two years, according to a Ponemon Institute report.
5. The Ponemon Institute report also found data breaches cost the industry $6.2 billion over the last two years.
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