I’ve been working on compiling some annual statistics for 2017 for Protenus. This will be their second year of publishing an annual report for U.S. breaches involving health data, and I think readers will find some surprises in the statistics. Sometimes numbers do not match our impressions.
But as I was working on entering and crunching data, I started mulling over my annual “worst breaches of” list for this site. Last year I published one specific to health data breaches. Looking back over it, I think I picked correctly. But what were the worst breaches in 2017 that involved health data – even if the data was not held by a covered entity or health business?
This is your chance to influence my opinion. Send me an email to admin[at]databreaches[dot]net or breaches[at]protonmail[dot]ch and tell me your nominee for worst breach of the year involving health data and why you picked it.
And then look for my post later this month.