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We examined two years of HIPAA breaches filed with the OCR to find the patterns and inform your 2024 cybersecurity strategy.
By the numbers:
Phishing remains a serious threat
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Cybersecurity researchers discovered a massive database containing 26 billion leaked records.
What happened: Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews discovered the 12-terabyte database online. Government organizations including from the US were included in the leak.
Dubbed the "Mother of all Breaches"
A legal battle that spanned years is finally coming to a close long after pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. was a victim of an international cyberattack.
What happened: Insurers weren’t eager to help cover the losses, arguing the attacks, with their widespread nature, were akin to an act of war.
Merck had to pay $915 million to restore operations
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