Healthcare data breaches cost the most of any industry by far, at $9.23 million per incident between May 2020 and March 2021 — a $2 million increase from the previous year, according to a report from IBM. The cost of data breaches overall is the highest it’s been in the 17-year history of the Cost of a Data Breach Report, at an average of $4.24 million per incident.
Nearly half (44 percent) of the breaches analyzed exposed consumers’ personal data, such as names, email addresses, passwords and even healthcare data — representing the most common type of breached record in the report.
The rapid…
Nearly half (44 percent) of the breaches analyzed exposed consumers’ personal data, such as names, email addresses, passwords and even healthcare data — representing the most common type of breached record in the report.
The rapid…