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NHS patient data published on the Dark Web
In a concerning development, a well-known ransomware collective known as INC Ransom has recently disclosed a portion of pilfered data linked to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) on the obscure corners of the internet known as the dark web. Investigations into the matter have identified the compromised data as originating from NHS Dumfries and […]
Cyber Attack on Succession Wealth and NHS Staff Data Leaked
Succession Wealth, a financial wealth management service offering company, has released a press statement that a cyber attack targeted its servers and it can only reveal details after the investigation gets concluded. Prima Facie revealed that hackers accessed no client data in the attack. However, a confirmation on this note can only be given after […]
News about NHS and CommonSpirit Health Ransomware attacks
Advanced, the IT services provider of NHS has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its servers that took place in August this year led to data breach. However, the firm isn’t prepared yet to confirm the leak of patient data in the attack. A news resource that only covers details related to the healthcare sector […]
Britain hospitals to be cyber attacked by Russian Sleeper cells
Dr. Melanie Garson, an international security specialist working for the University College of London, expressed her deep concerns about national security while interacting with a news web resource. She said that hospital infrastructure was on the verge of being cyber-attacked by Russian sleeper cells, whose aim is to disrupt the healthcare infrastructure and to create […]
NHS Email Servers used for Phishing Attacks
Cybercriminals reportedly hacked UK’s National Health Service, shortly dubbed NHS to launch over 1000 phishing emails from the compromised servers. This incident was discovered by a research firm named Inky and it confirmed that the illegal access to the servers was carried out for a time frame of six months ending in March this year. […]
London NHS Trust database breached to create fake COVID vaccine certificates
Some cyber crooks seem to play with the lives of the public as their activities of creating fake COVID Vaccine records were discovered and publicized by London’s NHS Trust. Sources reporting from the NHS say that they discovered some unauthorized access of the servers last week, aimed to commit fraud and misinterpretation of vaccine records. […]
Clop Ransomware gang leaks NHS documents due to ransom rejection
Russian Ransomware spreading gang CLOP has released some sensitive medical documents onto the dark web as its victim failed to pay a ransom of $3 million. The leaked records include phone numbers, house addresses, medical history, names and insurance details of several patients from law firms and local councils who visited GP practices & NHS […]
NHS postpones patient data sharing with 3rd parties till September 2021
On May 12th, 2021 NHS released a press statement saying that it intends to share data of more than 300,000 patients with 3rd parties and the purpose will be to use that information for research and development purposes. And those who intend to go against this info share can submit in writing to the GP […]
NHS to share UK Patient data with a notorious US Company
A few days ago, NHS revealed that its patient records that include medical history, gender, name, contact details, and addresses will be shared with third-party firms that could use that data in the research and development of medicines for life-threatening diseases and infections such as COVID 19 aka Wuhan Virus- developed by China in Oct […]
UK NHS to share data causing data privacy concerns among patients
NHS UK has made a public announcement yesterday that it is going to share the data of its patients with third parties that are involved in AI-based research and development programs that benefit the field of Medicine. However, the patients have the option of opting out of this latest update, provided they fill in a […]
