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The healthcare industry has long been a target for hackers, but it has seen a steep increase in the number of cyberattacks over the last two years. In 1Q17, there were a recorded 22 breaches in the US before this figure soared to a high of 99 in 2Q18, and email was the top source of data breaches in the healthcare industry in 2018, according to the same report.

Hackers are no longer primarily acting alone, but in concert with each other and sharing the rewards, according to Jason Green, chief revenue officer at Trustifi, an email security vendor with products that include 256-bit military-grade email encryption, email tracking systems and automated electronic postmarking of emails.

Other than the massive Yahoo hack from 2016, the Marriott data breach that exposed the personal information of up to 383 million guests is one of the biggest leaks in recent history.