Cybersecurity Dive September 18, 2025
Eric Geller

Companies in the healthcare sector experienced far more attacks costing more than $500,000 compared with organizations in other industries, according to a new report.

Dive Brief:

  • The number of healthcare organizations that have lost more than $200,000 to cyberattacks has quadrupled this year compared with the same period in 2024, data security firm Netwrix said in a report published Thursday.
  • Nearly half of all healthcare organizations (48%) experienced at least one intrusion between March 2024 and March 2025, the report found.
  • Healthcare organizations experienced more cyberattack-related losses of at least $500,000 than critical infrastructure firms did, on average: 12% of healthcare organizations, compared with 6% of all organizations.

Dive Insight:

The new findings from Netwrix expand on trends...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Health System / Hospital, Provider, Technology
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