Cybercriminals go anywhere they see value. Though healthcare is only one industry affected, healthcare organizations are being targeted more because of the wealth of information and its value on the black market for example, PHI (protected health information), financial information (e.g., credit card information) and personally identifiable information (PII) (e.g., Social Security Numbers). A healthcare record may be worth $250 on the black market when the next highest value is $5.40 for credit card data. In January 2022 alone, 50 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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