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Dean Levitt
The HIPAA Breach Report for July 2025 analyzes protected health information (PHI) breaches affecting 500 or more people as reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in June 2025.
This report covers:
- HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected
- HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
- Year-over-year comparison
- Takeaways
- Full data
HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected
Most common breaches by type
- Network server breaches affected the most people. 7,889,771 individuals had their data breached.
- Email breaches were the second most common breach, with 169,076 people affected.
- Desktop breaches affected 61,741 people, the third most impactful breach type.
HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
Most common breach types
- Email was the most common attack vector. There were 36 network server breaches.
- Network server breaches were the second most common attack vector. There were 30 breaches.
- Paper/films breaches were the third most common attack vector, with 3 attacks .
Year-over-year comparison
These charts compare the HIPAA data breach statistics from previous Paubox HIPAA Breach Reports (July 2021, July 2022, July 2023, and July 2024) with this month’s report.
HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected
What we observe
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Network server breaches affected the most people overall in May 2025.
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The number of people affected by network server breaches double that of the previous year.
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Email breaches remained relatively stead over the last five months of May.
HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
What we observe
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Network server breaches, unusually, were the second most common attack vector, coming in second to email.
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Email, as a the vector, was three times higher than in previous years.
- All other attack vectors were steady, year-over-year.
Takeaways
Email breaches affected the most people in June 2025. Episource, LLC had the most significant breach, which affected over 5 million people. McLaren Health Care had the second-largest breach, affecting 743,131 people.
The yearly comparison shows that email breaches were the most popular attack vector for bad actors in June 2025, and unexpected change from network server. Overall, over 8 million individuals had their data accessed via 75 breaches reported in June 2025.
Full data
Click here to view the HHS’ raw data via Google Sheets.
About the Paubox HIPAA Breach Report
The Paubox HIPAA Breach Report analyzes recent PHI breaches that affected 500 or more individuals, as reported on the HHS Wall of Shame in June 2025.
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Robust inbound email security is a necessity for businesses today. Keeping your email security strategy updated helps ensure the protection of your network.
