UK: Healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records belonging to the Nottingham attack victims


The families of the Nottingham attack victims have said claims healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records belonging to their loved ones are “sickening” and “inexcusable”.

Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane in the city in June 2023. Dr Manjeet Shehmar, medical director at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said the trust was investigating “concerns that members of staff may have inappropriately accessed the medical records” of the three victims. The families described the news as “distressing and traumatic” in a joint statement.

Read more…
Source: BBC News


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • Britain Launches Cyber Attack Against ISIL Terrorists

    April 12, 2018

    Cyber offensive…UK conducts major offensive cyber-campaign” against the Islamic State group The United Kingdom has made a rare public admission that it has carried out a cyber offensive against the Islamic State terrorist group. The admission, by the director of the intelligence agency GCHQ Jeremy Fleming, is the first time that this country has specifically eroded the ...

  • ‘Dark web’ targeted in crime crackdown by Government

    April 11, 2018

    Criminals are emboldened by the anonymity of the dark web, which has become a platform for horrific abuse, the Home Secretary will say today. New funding to crack down on the “dangerous” dark web will be launched by Amber Rudd in a speech at the Government’s flagship event for cybersecurity. Read more… Source: Sky News  

  • Old banking Trojan TrickBot has been taught new tricks

    March 22, 2018

    The TrickBot Trojan has been upgraded with new modules to make detection, and defense, more difficult. First discovered in 2016, TrickBot is a financial Trojan which targets the customers of major banks. The Trojan is most commonly connected to phishing campaigns which trick users into entering their credentials into phishing and fraudulent banking websites, designed to appear as legitimate ...

  • UK police spend over £1m on cybersecurity training

    March 20, 2018

    The UK’s police forces have spent more than £1.3 million in the last three years training its staff on cybersecurity issues. The figures, contained in a new report released by the Parliament Street Think Tank, show that almost 40,000 staff have taken part in the training. North Wales Police lead the way when it came to the amount ...

  • National Lottery: 10 million players told to change passwords as attackers hit online accounts

    March 19, 2018

    Millions of National Lottery players have been urged to change their passwords following what parent company Camelot describes as “suspicious activity” involving lottery accounts. Camelot, which runs the National Lottery, insists there’s been no access to core systems or databases that would affect lottery draws or prizes, but has recommended that its 10.5 million registered users ...

  • Cybersecurity and Brexit: What does it mean for the fight against hackers?

    March 8, 2018

    Brexit means Brexit, according to the prime minister, but with little more than a year until 29 March 2019 — the date the UK is due to depart the European Union — there are still many questions to be answered for cybersecurity professionals. One thing that is certain is that the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...