Health Care Data Breaches top 100 Million in 2015 + 3 more health care data breach stats

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  1. A study funded by data security firm, ID Experts, found since 2010, health care data breaches up 125%
  2. In 2015,  100 million health care files stolen (Think: Anthem, Premera, Carefirst breaches)
  3. In 2014, the medical/healthcare sector accounted for the highest percentage of breaches at 42.5% according to the data security firm, IDT911
  4. This year’s largest health care data breach so far is the Premera medical data compromise, which may have exposed 11 million medical records

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