NHS board warns patients of further data leak after cyber attack


An NHS board has warned patients that further personal information could be leaked by cyber criminals who stole medical data in a major cyber attack.

A large amount of confidential data was taken from NHS Dumfries and Galloway during a sustained hacking attack. Last week, INC Ransom, an extortion operation, posted a message on its dark web blog, threatening to release three terabytes – which equates to 3,000 gigabytes – of stolen patient and staff data. On March 27, NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirmed clinical data relating to a small number of patients had been published as a “proof pack” by the cybercrime.

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Source: STV News