Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. had sensitive personal health data
breached in 2021, a threefold increase over the last three years,
according to a POLITICO analysis of the latest HHS data.
Experts say the increase in hacking is in part due to the health care
industry’s rapid move to digital records — particularly during the
Covid-19 pandemic, an increase in remote work leading to attacks on
employees using personal devices, and financially lucrative health care
data. Ben Leonard reports.
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