Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

Healthcare Data Breach Statistics – Updated for 2026

Reported by HIPAA Journal (Steve Alder)

Summary by Cyber Security News15 Oct 2026, 08:30 CET

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The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics. These statistics and graphs were last updated on October 15, 2026, and are based on breach data obtained from OCR on October 10, 2026.

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