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Stolen medical information is an issue that affects 18 out of 20 industries, making the problem more widespread than previously believed, Verizon’s 2015 Protected Health Information Data Breach Report reveals.

Falling victim to a data breach is not getting any cheaper.

Healthcare has become the single most attacked industry sector. "According to the Office of Civil Rights of the United States," notes a recent Panda Security report, "during 2015 there were some 253 security holes in the healthcare sector which affected more than 500 people with more than 112 million records stolen."