Data Breach Report 2025. The global average cost of a data breach in 2025—a 10% increase over last year and the highest total ever. Cyberattacks and data breaches during the first half of 2025 have included the ransomware attacks against change healthcare and cdk, as well as data theft and extortion.
This isn’t a hypothetical scenario; In may 2025, there were 37 data breaches at healthcare providers, 12 at business associates, 1 health plan breach, and 1 breach at a healthcare clearinghouse.
