Experian, the credit report agency, told CBS earlier this year thatpatient records could sell for $1,000 online, compared to about $1for Social Security numbers. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Health care data has never been more vulnerable. In July, 42 separate hackingincidents led to the exposure of 22 million people’s health caredata, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’Office of Civil Rights.
That’s the second-highest number in a month since the departmentbegan tracking breaches in 2010. The only worse month wasFebruary 2015, when Anthem suffered a massive breach that exposedthe data of its nearly 80 million members.
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