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More Than One-Third of Data Breaches Due to Third-Party Compromises

The HIPAA Journal

Cl0p is by far the most prolific threat actor in this category due to the mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in third-party file transfer solutions. In 2023, 75% of third-party breaches involved technology products; however, in 2024, threat actors diversified, with only 46.75% of breaches involving technology products.

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March 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

March was a particularly bad month for healthcare data breaches with 93 branches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a 50% increase from February and a 41% year-over-year increase from March 2023.

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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Verizon 2024 DBIR: 70% of Healthcare Data Breaches Caused by Insiders

The HIPAA Journal

Source Verizon 2024 DBIR Ransomware groups were behind many of the attacks targeting unpatched vulnerabilities, with the Clop ransomware group’s mass exploitation of a zero day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MoveIT Transfer solution a significant factor in the large increase in exploit-related breaches.

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Ransomware Attack Severity Increased 68% in H1, 2024

The HIPAA Journal

Ransomware attacks were amongst the most expensive cyberattacks, with average losses of $353,000 per incident, up from average losses of $239,000 in H2, 2023 but down from an average loss of $402,000 in H1, 2023. Other incidents accounted for 23% of claims, down 10% from H2, 2023.

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ePrescription Software Development – Detailed Outlook

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Key Takeaways A need to control substance usage and reduce medication errors is driving the e-prescribing market growth during the 2023-2030 timeframe. percent during the 2023-2030 timeframe. HIPAA regulations safeguard ePHI on physical, technical, and administrative levels. It also hampers the trust that users put in software.

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A Brief Outlook on the Medical Insurance Verification Software

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Key Statistics: As per the 2023 survey published by the CDC , the number of people younger than age 65 uninsured was 24.7 percent of the adults between the age group 18–64 were uninsured, as per the 2023 survey. percent of children younger than age 18 were uninsured, as per the 2023 survey. CDC reveals that 10.9