Healthcare data breaches continue to mount.
Here are five things to know from Verizon Business’ 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, released April 23:
1. Healthcare had 1,542 data breaches from late 2023 to late 2024, an increase from the year prior.
2. System intrusion was the top kind of breach.
3. Of the threat actors, 67% were external while 30% were internal.
4. Financial interest was the No. 1 motive (90%) of hackers.
5. The top data compromised were medical (45%) and personal (40%).
