Top 20 Worst HIPAA Violation Cases in History | UpGuard

This article reviews the 20 most significant HIPAA violation cases in recent history, describing major data breaches, unauthorized disclosures, insider data misuse, and enforcement actions (fines and corrective action plans). It highlights common root causes — unencrypted/stolen devices, server misconfigurations, inadequate access controls, lack of enterprise-wide risk analyses, and missing business associate agreements — and shows the scale of impact ranging from thousands to tens of millions of affected records.