2017 has been a very challenging year for healthcare institutions as these organizations remain under sustained attack by cyberattackers that continue to target their networks through the use of well understood vulnerabilities. This end of year research conducted by Cryptonite indicates that there were a total of 140 data breach events characterized and reported to HHSOCR as ITHacking in 2017 representing a 23.89% increase over the 113 ITHacking events reported in 2016.

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