Becker's Healthcare August 1, 2025
Giles Bruce

Healthcare had the most expensive data breaches for the 15th consecutive year, according to a new IBM report.

Here are five things to know from the July 30 study that analyzed 600 breaches globally between March 2024 and February 2025:

1. Healthcare experienced the most costly data breaches of any industry studied, at $7.42 million, down from $9.77 million in 2024.

2. Healthcare data breaches took 279 days to identify and contain, the longest of any industry and five weeks more than the average of...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Health System / Hospital, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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