<div> <p data-testid="paragraph-0"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46298" src="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Blog_Images_Alerts_Incidents-15-3.png" alt="" width="800" height="512" /></p> <div class="lee-article-text first-p"> <div class="components" data-min-tv-running="true"> <p style="text-align: justify;">A new <a href="https://login.globaldata.com/login/index/medical?ReturnUrl=%2fReports%2fdetails%2fthematic-research-cybersecurity-in-healthcare-2022%3f_gl%3d1*1iq2y60*_ga*MzE4NDIwMjA3LjE2NTg5OTY5NzY.*_ga_8SZ1HHP33J*MTY1ODk5Njk4MC4xLjEuMTY1ODk5NzYzNy41MA..&_gl=1*1iq2y60*_ga*MzE4NDIwMjA3LjE2NTg5OTY5NzY.*_ga_8SZ1HHP33J*MTY1ODk5Njk4MC4xLjEuMTY1ODk5NzYzNy41MA.." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">report</a> from GlobalData estimates that up to 22 million US health records have been <a href="https://ancient.cybermaterial.com/data-breaches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">breached</a> so far in 2022.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The same report forecasts that spending on cybersecurity in the global healthcare industry will increase by nearly $400 million in the next 3 years.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Included in this collection is not only names, date of births and medical record numbers but also private health information (PHI) which can include one’s medical history, address, email addresses, and social security numbers.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Using this information, threat actors can design a number of phishing schemes to target patients for further exploitation. Unlike credit card information or personal identification information, medical history cannot be changed, making it much more valuable on the black market.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a class="btn btn-default" href="https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2022/07/28/22-million-us-health-records-breached-thus-far-in-2022/?web_view=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">READ FULL ARTICLE</a></div>