Ransomware Attacks and Data Breaches in US Health Care Systems Article Swipe
John Jiang
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Joseph S. Ross
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Ge Bai
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· 2025
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10180
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10180
This cross-sectional study analyzes ransomware attacks across all HIPAA-covered entities from 2010 to 2024 and examines their contribution to protected health information data breaches.
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