February 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report. There has been a fall in the number of reported healthcare data breaches for the second consecutive month, with 59 data breaches of 500 or more records 59 healthcare data breaches were reported in February 2024, 10.6% fewer than in January. Across those 59 breaches, the records of 5,130,515 individuals were compromised, 41.7% fewer than in January. There were 10.6% fewer breaches reported in February than in January, which followed a 22% reduction between December 2023 and January 2024. Over the past 12 months, an average of 64 healthcare breaches have been reported each month, and while February is well under that average, 22.9% more breaches were reported in February 2024 than in February 2023. Third-party company: Unknown third-party vendor.