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We've curated 322 cybersecurity statistics about Healthcare to help you understand how data breaches, ransomware attacks, and the adoption of telehealth technologies are reshaping patient privacy and security practices in 2025.

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An average of 72% of U.S. healthcare organizations that experienced a cyber attack reported disruption to patient care, which is a 3-point jump from 69 percent in 2024.

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Cyber attackCyber attack consequences

35% of healthcare organizations cite employee negligence because of not following policies as a primary root cause of incidents.

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Insider threatEmployee negligence

67% percent of healthcare organizations say ransomware attacks had a negative impact on patient care.

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RansomwareCyber attack consequences

In 2022, 64% of respondents from healthcare organizations said their organizations were very or highly vulnerable to BEC/spoofing/impersonation attacks.

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BECSpoofing

The costliest ransom paid by healthcare organizations in 2025 represented a 60% increase from $771,905 in 2022.

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RansomwareRansom

59% of attacked tools in healthcare organizations are text messaging.

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55% of healthcare organizations say data loss or exfiltration incidents impacted patient care.

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ExfiltrationData loss

54% of attacked tools in healthcare organizations are Zoom/Skype/video conferencing.

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36% of healthcare organizations that experienced data loss or exfiltration incidents say it caused delays in procedures and tests that resulted in poor outcomes.

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ExfiltrationData loss

52% of healthcare organizations say cloud/account compromises resulted in longer length of patient stay.

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Cloud compromiseAccount compromise

45% of attacked tools in healthcare organizations are email.

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Email

44% of healthcare organizations say their organizations experienced an attack against its supply chains, which is a significant decline from 68% in 2024.

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Supply chain attack

54% of healthcare organizations that experienced data loss or exfiltration incidents say it increased the mortality rate.

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ExfiltrationData loss

Concerns about budgets decreased from 40% to 37%.

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Budget

On average, healthcare organizations experienced 18 data loss or exfiltration incidents in the past two years.

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ExfiltrationData loss

55% of healthcare organizations are worried about the security risks created by insecure mobile apps.

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Mobile app

38% of healthcare organizations identified generative AI or AI tools as a cybersecurity concern, a new category in this year’s study.

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GenAIAI

96% of healthcare organizations researched had at least two data loss or exfiltration incidents involving sensitive and confidential healthcare data in the past two years.

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ExfiltrationData loss

72% of healthcare organizations say they experienced an average of 21 cloud/account compromises.

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Cloud compromiseAccount compromise

61% of healthcare organizations say cloud/account compromises increased complications from medical procedures.

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Cloud compromiseAccount compromise