Over 300 million patient records were breached in 2024, a 26% increase from 2023, according to the 2025 “Breach Barometer” report, released in late February by Bluesight, DataBreaches.net and Clearwater. Notifications of breaches averaged 205 days after the incident, up from 177 days in 2023, leaving affected individuals unaware of their data exposure for a more extended period than in past years.
The largest of these incidents, of course, was the Change Healthcare breach, a