UK: Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks


Ransomware hackers have continued an assault on National Health Service trusts across the United Kingdom by compromising multiple hospitals, exposing sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services.

Inc Ransom, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for an attack on NHS Scotland earlier this year, now claims to have breached the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust, one of Europe’s largest children’s hospitals.

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Source: MSN News


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