The Paubox Breach Report analyzed HIPAA breach reporting submitted to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in February to analyze the types of breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more people.
HIPAA Breaches Ranked by People Affected
Top Three Breach Types
- Paper/Films breaches ranked the highest with 117,873 people’s PHI hacked or stolen in February. This is the first time we’ve seen Paper/Films take the top spot since we started compiling the HIPAA Breach Report back in July 2017.
- Email breaches ranked second with PHI of 8,451 people breached. For the second month in a row, Email retained its #2 rank in this category.
- Network Server breaches came in a relatively close third with 6,550 people having their PHI breached.
Bottom Three Breach Types
- Other ranked as the lowest number of people’s PHI being breached in February with 2,204 breaches.
- Desktop Computer was the second lowest type of breach as ranked by people affected with 5,257.
HIPAA Breaches Ranked by Occurrence
The Most Common
- Paper/Films, Other, and Desktop Computer all tied for first as the most common breach types in February with 3 reported breaches each.
- Email came in as the second most common breach type with 2 incidents.
- Network Server came in last for third with 1 reported breach in February.
Takeaways
Paper/Films took the dubious top spot as the highest ranking breach vector for people’s PHI to get stolen or lost in February 2018.
Email ranked second for both HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected and for breaches ranked by occurrence. This is the second consecutive month Email has ranked second in both categories.
Full Data
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About the Paubox HIPAA Breach Report
The Paubox HIPAA Breach Report analyzes breaches that affected 500 or more individuals as reported in the HHS Wall of Shame in February 2018.
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