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HIPAA Breach Report for August 2022

Sara Uzer August 16, 2022

HIPAA Breach Reports

Paubox HIPAA Breach Report cover for August 2022

The Paubox HIPAA Breach Report analyzes protected health information (PHI) breaches affecting 500 or more people as reported to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in July 2022.

This report covers:

HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected
HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
Year over year comparison
Takeaways
Full data

HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected

Most common breaches by type

Network server breaches affected the most people in July 2022. 4,918,348 individuals had their data breached.
Electronic medical record breaches were the second most common breach, with 118,951 people affected.
Email breaches affected 109,482 people, the third most common breach type.

HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence

Bar chart showing HIPAA breaches ranked by attack vector, with network server at 29 breaches, email at 13, and others at lower counts

Most common breach types

Network server was the most common attack vector in July 2022. There were 29 network server breaches.
Email breaches were the second most common attack vector; 13 attacks via email were reported.
Electronic medical record breaches were reported 6 times last month.

Year over year comparison

These charts compare the HIPAA data breach statistics from previous Paubox HIPAA Breach Reports ( August 2018, August 2019, August 2020, August 2021) with this month's report.

HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected

What we observe

Network server, email, and paper/films breaches affected most people overall in July 2018-2022.
Network server breaches affected a total of 32,384,782 people in these months.
Email breaches affected 2,550,692 people, and paper/films breaches affected 455,688.

HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence

Bar chart comparing HIPAA breaches by attack vector (2018-2022): network server and email were most common, with network server breaches peaking at 28 in 2022.

What we observe

Email, network server, and paper/films breach types were the most common attack vectors in July 2018-2022.
Email breaches occurred 79 total times.
Network server breaches occurred a total of 77 times, and paper/films types occurred 20 times.
The most significant number of email breaches happened in July 2019.

Takeaways

Network server breaches affected the most people in July 2022. Professional Finance Company, Inc. had the most significant breach that affected 1,918,941 people. OneTouchPoint, Inc. had the second-largest breach that affected 1,073,316 people. The yearly comparison shows that network server breaches were the most popular attack vectors for bad actors over the last five July months. Over 4 million total individuals had their data breached via 29 network server breaches during this time.

Full data

Click here to view the HHS' raw data via Google Sheets.

About the Paubox HIPAA Breach Report

The Paubox HIPAA Breach Report analyzes recent PHI breaches that affected 500 or more individuals, as reported on the HHS Wall of Shame in July 2022. SEE ALSO: HIPAA compliant email: the definitive guide Robust inbound email security is practically a necessity for companies these days. Keeping your email security strategy updated helps ensure the protection of your network.

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