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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. […]
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 […]
NHS drops COVID 19 tracking app due to data security fears
Finally, its official that the Corona Virus tracking app dubbed NHSX meant to be launched by Britain’s NHS by this month-end has been abandoned due to data security fears. The Ministry of Defense on consultation with the officials of the National Health Service has urged the developers of the app to stop the work […]
NHS COVID 19 tracker app users are vulnerable to banking scams
NHS app titled NSHX meant to test, track, and trace contacts related to Corona Virus in the UK is coming under sharp criticism for offering scammers a vulnerability scope to exploit users. Reports are in that fraudsters are exploiting vulnerable and elderly victims by tricking them to submit personal information. A research carried out […]
NHS rejects Google and Apple Coronavirus tracking app due to data security fears
Last week, Apple and Google came forward to offer a Corona Virus tracking app to NHS which will be in lines with India’s Aarogya Setu Mobile app. However, UK’s government-funded healthcare service provider had rejected the plea due to data security concerns as the tech giants said that the App developed by them on a […]
Malware being distributed through NHS Fake website says Kaspersky
Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have discovered that a fake NHS website is being used by hackers to distribute malware. And the news is out that already the fake website has been accessed by thousands of online users seeking online help and advice related to Corona Virus. Going deep into the details, Kaspersky researchers say […]
NHS selling patient data to US Pharmaceutical companies
Patients in the UK are at risk of being identified through their medical data say, privacy experts. Phil Booth who is a privacy campaigner working for MedConfidential Group claims that hospitals in the NHS network are now found selling patient data to US Pharmaceutical companies which can then use the available info to re-construct […]
