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August 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

HIPAA Journal

Steve Alder

37 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in August 2020, one more than July 2020 and one below the 12-month average.

The number of breaches remained fairly constant month-over-month, but there was a 63.9% increase in breached records in August. 2,167,179 records were exposed, stolen, or impermissibly disclosed in August. The average breach size of 58,572 records and the median breach size was 3,736 records.

Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in August 2020...

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