--- title: Healthcare Data Breach Report: What HHS OCR Data... description: HHS OCR data shows healthcare breaches hit a record 772 incidents in 2025, yet individuals affected dropped sharply to 61.6 million from 289 million in 2024 —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/healthcare-data-breach-report-what-hhs-ocr-data-actually-shows-m078b9evf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Healthcare Data Breach Report: What HHS OCR Data Actually Shows | daily.dev og:description: HHS OCR data shows healthcare breaches hit a record 772 incidents in 2025, yet individuals affected dropped sharply to 61.6 million from 289 million in 2024 —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/healthcare-data-breach-report-what-hhs-ocr-data-actually-shows-m078b9evf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/M078b9EVf.png og:image:alt: Healthcare Data Breach Report: What HHS OCR Data Actually Shows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Healthcare Data Breach Report: What HHS OCR Data Actually Shows **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary HHS OCR data shows healthcare breaches hit a record 772 incidents in 2025, yet individuals affected dropped sharply to 61.6 million from 289 million in 2024 — a gap explained by the absence of a mega breach like Change Healthcare (which alone affected ~192.7 million people in 2024). Hacking and IT incidents now account for over 80% of large healthcare breaches, with compromised credentials, unpatched software, and misconfigured remote access as the leading causes. The average breach costs $7.42 million and takes 279 days to detect and contain. The post uses this data to argue for HIPAA risk assessments and pentests tailored to actual breach causes rather than generic compliance checkboxes, and promotes Packet33's services for HealthTech startups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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