More records have been breached in 2019 than 2016, 2017 and 2018 combined, with a total of 35 million individuals and their records affected. More than 24 million records were exposed in July through a data breach affecting medical billing and collection company American Medical Collection Agency, though a final count has not been reported.
The collection agency’s breach affected revenue cycle firm /Optum360, exposing the records of 11.5 million people, which is the largest confirmed breach that took place as a result of the AMCA breach. A total of 22 companies were affected through the AMCA breach.
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