{"id":15150,"date":"2026-04-15T06:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyber-glossary\/ot-threat-intelligence-duplicate-15146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:42:58","slug":"healthcare-data-breaches","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.netwitness.com\/ja\/cyber-glossary\/healthcare-data-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Data Breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is Healthcare Data Breaches?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A healthcare data breach is any unauthorized access, acquisition, use, disclosure, or destruction of protected health information (PHI) or other sensitive data\u00a0maintained\u00a0by a healthcare organization. In regulatory terms,\u00a0particularly under HIPAA,\u00a0a breach occurs when unsecured PHI is accessed or exposed in a way not\u00a0permitted\u00a0by the Privacy Rule, thereby compromising its security or integrity.<\/span><\/p>

Healthcare data breaches encompass a broad spectrum of incidents, from sophisticated cyberattacks on hospital networks to an employee accidentally emailing patient records to the wrong recipient. Regardless of the method, what defines the event as a breach is that protected data leaves its authorized environment or falls into unauthorized hands.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Sensitive data at risk in these breaches includes:<\/span><\/p>