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Search the Internet for news about security breaches in healthcare in the last three years. Make a summary 5 of the cases. You need to Identify the principal threats in each of these cases. Now visit https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html , use this site as reference to recommend what could have been done to minimize the threats. Please cite all sources used for this assignment.
The healthcare industry has faced an unprecedented number of severe cyberattacks in the last three years (2022–2025), with hacking incidents, particularly ransomware, dominating the threats. Below is a summary of five major cases, their principal threats, and recommendations for minimizing future threats based on the HIPAA Security Rule.
The following table summarizes five high-impact security breaches, primarily focusing on the 2023–2024 period, which saw the largest breaches on record.
The HIPAA Journal: Healthcare Data Breach Statistics (Source for Change Healthcare, Welltok, HCA, and Ascension data and context).
The Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2024.
Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in H1 2025.
Varonis: 38 Must-Know Healthcare Cybersecurity Stats (Source for general industry trends and records breached data).
SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc.: Biggest Healthcare Cyber Attacks in 2025 (Source for Yale New Haven Health System data).