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The 2024 Breach Barometer reports a staggering 171 million patient records breached. And that’s just the ones we know about.

Protenus’s annual Breach Barometer reported 1,161 breaches affecting 171 million patient records in 2023, up 187% compared to 2022. While the number of breaches increased 2%, actual incidents dropped 1% to 942. However, the actual number of breached records may be higher as many entities used vague markers in their reports or didn’t report to a central agency. Protenus criticized the lack of transparency, particularly regarding ransomware attacks.

Source: databreaches.net –

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