July 23, 2018
Major healthcare data breaches down in first half of year
Editor's Note
Cybersecurity firm Cryptonite reports there were eight major healthcare data breaches in the first half of 2018, down from 19 during the same time in 2017, according to the July 18 Healthcare Informatics.
However, the number of patient records breached this year was up, with more than 1.9 million breached, compared to over 1.6 million in the first half of 2017.
Cyber attackers are moving away from ransomware to more profitable activities like cryptojacking, the report notes.
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