Cyberattacks are increasingly being focused on smaller healthcare companies and specialty clinics without the resources to protect themselves, instead of larger health systems that — despite being treasure troves of personal and medical data — generally have more sophisticated security, according to a new report from Critical Insight, Healthcare Dive reports.
Cybercriminals hit the jackpot this year with the Eye Care Leaders electronic medical records breach, which exposed more than 2 million records. Other major attacks include those against revenue cycle management vendor Practice Resources, printing services vendor OneTouchPoint and accounts receivable firm Professional Financial Company that exposed the data of about 940,000 individuals, 1.1 million individuals and 1.9 million individuals respectively.
Overall breaches are steadily declining from their peak in the second half of 2020. But the trend of focusing on a systemic technology used across most providers is one the cybersecurity firm expects to continue throughout the remainder of the year, the report, which analyzes breach data reported to the HHS, said. Read more.
