This statistic depicts the most frequently experienced types of data breaches among healthcare payers and providers worldwide, according to a survey conducted in February 2018. According to the survey, internal attacks were reported as being most frequent by 62 percent of respondents.
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Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Internal attack
62%
Hacker attack
61%
Configuration error that affected security
45%
Accidentally published information
44%
Legacy infrastructure that is challenging to secure
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Accenture. (April 10, 2018). Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
Accenture. "Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018." Chart. April 10, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
Accenture. (2018). Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
Accenture. "Percentage of Healthcare Payers and Providers That Reported Select Types of Data Breaches as Occurring Most Frequently as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
Accenture, Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/ (last visited June 18, 2025)
Percentage of healthcare payers and providers that reported select types of data breaches as occurring most frequently as of 2018 [Graph], Accenture, April 10, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
