Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of binary code are seen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Most health information data breaches in the US in recent years haven’t been the work of hackers but instead have been due to mistakes or security lapses inside healthcare organisations, a new study suggests.
Researchers examined data released by the US Department of Health and Human Services on 1,138 health data breaches affecting a total of 164 million patients from October 2009 through the end of 2017.
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