Chinese hackers stole data pertaining to a whopping 4.5 million patients from a company that runs over 200 hospitals spread across the US. Why Hack Medical Records? One in ten Americans has experienced a medical data breach, according to a Advisory.com report. Hospital Equipment is Highly Vulnerable to HackersThe problem does not just concern data breaches and possible misuse of such sensitive data by unscrupulous persons. Several such best practices have been outlined by Erven and his team to keep medical data and hospital networks safe from unauthorized access.