According to the data, the number of hacking/IT incidents on healthcare data has significantly increased significantly from 2014 to 2020, amounting to almost 600 data breaches in total in 2020.
Number of healthcare data breaches in the U.S. from 2014 to 2020, by breach type
Characteristic
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Hacking/IT incident
30
57
113
132
133
234
403
Loss/theft
148
104
78
55
45
42
52
Unauthorized disclosure
75
101
130
99
104
106
129
Other
36
6
7
8
8
4
15
0100200300400500
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Bitglass. (February 17, 2021). Number of healthcare data breaches in the U.S. from 2014 to 2020, by breach type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/798588/number-of-us-healthcare-data-breaches-by-type/
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