INFOGRAPHIC and, in review of breach event data for 2024, found this trend prevailed. In its Data Breach Outlook – Year in Review, it has ranked which industries continue to top the charts.
Healthcare overtakes finance as most breached industry
In 2024, healthcare was the most breached industry, accounting for nearly a quarter( 23 %) of breaches handled by Kroll, compared to 18 % in 2023.
While in the spotlight in 2023, the finance sector dropped to second place. However, the difference between the most and second-most breached industries is very small.
Breaches in the finance sector accounted for 22 % of breaches handled by Kroll. However, this still represents a decrease in the proportion of breaches compared to the previous year, when the finance sector accounted for 26 % of breaches handled by Kroll.
This is not surprising, given the breaches that affected the industry this year and the fact that the healthcare sector remains an attractive target for cybercriminals.
As Kroll reported in Q3 of 2024, the impact of a breach in an increasingly interconnected and cloud-dependent world can have a large-scale domino effect.
Looking at the rest of the mostbreached leaderboard, many rankings remain unchanged from 2023. Yearon-year breaches decreased across all industries compared to 2023, except in the manufacturing and government sectors, which saw increases of 4 % and 10 %, respectively.
Read the full report here: 2025 Data Breach Outlook. �
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