14 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches [Updated 2024] | UpGuard

This report catalogs fourteen significant healthcare data breaches (ranging from stolen backup tapes to large-scale ransomware and third-party vendor compromises), summarizing dates, impacted populations (from hundreds of thousands to millions), the nature of exposed data (PHI, SSNs, dates of birth, insurance and financial information), attack vectors (credential theft, exploited vulnerabilities, physical device theft, vendor breaches), and recommended mitigations such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, third-party risk management, and improved incident response.