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 October 2020.This report will cover:
HIPAA Breaches Ranked by People Affected
Top Three Breach Types:
- Network Server breaches ranked first (like the previous 4 months), with 786,328 people affected.
- "Other" attack vector types ranked second, with 196,600 people affected.
- Email breaches ranked third, with 179,883 people affected.
HIPAA Breaches Ranked by Occurrence
The Most Common
- Network server and email breaches are the most common attack vector types this month, with 20 breaches each in October.
- Paper/Films is the third most common attack vector with 4 breaches.