The impact of business associate breaches on healthcare staff

According to the FBI in its 2025 IC3 Annual Report , the healthcare industry ranked as the top targeted sector for cyber threats that year, with 460 known ransomware attacks and 182 data breaches. Cybercriminals target healthcare because patients’ PHI is central to proper patient care. A single compromise can cause a long list of issues for a healthcare organization, and unfortunately, the healthcare industry has numerous threat vectors prime for an attack .