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Dean Levitt
The HIPAA Breach Report for March 2025 analyzes protected health information (PHI) breaches affecting 500 or more people as reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in February 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. 2,171,588 individuals had their data breached.
- Email breaches were the second most common breach, with 105,688 people affected.
- Electronic Medical Record breaches affected 29,288 people, the third most common breach type.
HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
Most common breach types
- Network server was the most common attack vector. There were 26 network server breaches.
- Email breaches were the second most common attack vector. There were 6 email breaches.
- Electronic Medical Record breaches were the third most common attack vector, with 5 attacks each.
Year-over-year comparison
These charts compare the HIPAA data breach statistics from previous Paubox HIPAA Breach Reports (March 2021, March 2022, March 2023, and March 2024) with this month’s report.
HIPAA breaches ranked by people affected
What we observe
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Network server, email, and electronic medical record breaches affected the most people overall in February 2025.
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The number of people affected by network server breaches has decreased compared to the spikes seen in 2023 and 2024 but remains the dominant vector.
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Email breaches have remained relatively consistent in impact over the last two years, though lower than 2021 levels.
HIPAA breaches ranked by occurrence
What we observe
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Network server breaches continue to be the most frequent attack vector, accounting for 26 incidents in February 2025, a decrease from the 38 reported in the same month last year.
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Email breach occurrences have dropped slightly to 6 incidents, the lowest in the five-year comparison period.
Takeaways
Network server breaches affected the most people in February 2025. Southeast Series of Lockton Companies, LLC (Lockton) had the most significant breach, which affected 1,124,727 people. New Era Life Insurance Companies had the second-largest breach, affecting 335,506 people.
The yearly comparison shows that network server breaches remain the most popular attack vector for bad actors. Overall, over 2.3 million individuals had their data accessed via 39 breaches reported in February 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 February 2025.
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