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.
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
37%
Lost/stolen media
28%
Lost/stolen computer
23%
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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 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
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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 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/979115/top-types-of-healthcare-data-breaches/
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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/
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