UK Suffers 슬롯사이트˜Biggest Ever슬롯사이트� Ransomware Attack on National Health Service, Says Report
The UK's largest National Health Service (NHS) trust has yet again suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, compromising data of about 2.5 million patients, media reports said.
London, July 10: The UK's largest National Health Service (NHS) trust has yet again suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, compromising data of about 2.5 million patients, media reports said.
Calling it to be 슬롯사이트œthe biggest breach of healthcare data in the United Kingdom슬롯사이트�, the notorious ransomware gang BlackCat claimed to have stolen 70 terabytes of sensitive data from Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs five London-based hospitals, the TechCrunch reported.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Delhi-AIIMS Malware Attack: Thwarted Ransomware Attack on E-Hospital Services, No Data Breach, Says Hospital.
The sensitive data includes employee identification documents, including passport and driver슬롯사이트™s licences, and internal emails labelled 슬롯사이트œconfidential슬롯사이트�. BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, had given a deadline of Monday before it starts publishing the information most of which are 슬롯사이트œconfidential documents슬롯사이트� on the dark web.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Ransomware Attack: 91% Indian Firms Hit by Cyberattack in 2022, Says Report.
슬롯사이트œWe are aware of claims of a ransomware attack and are urgently investigating,슬롯사이트� a Barts Health spokesperson was quoted as saying. This is the second such breach of NHS data in recent weeks. In June, a ransomware attack on University of Manchester caused breach of a NHS dataset with information on 1.1 million patients across 200 hospitals.
슬롯사이트œThe university experienced a security incident that led to the exfiltration of data from its systems,슬롯사이트� University of Manchester spokesperson Ben Robinson was quoted as saying,
He, however, declined to comment on the reported theft of NHS data. 슬롯사이트œWe confirmed on June 23 that our systems have been accessed and student and alumni data has been copied. Individuals have been informed of this cyber incident and offered support and advice to further protect their data,슬롯사이트� Robinson said.
슬롯사이트œOur in-house data experts and external support are working around-the-clock to resolve this incident and respond to its impacts, and we are not able to comment further at this stage.슬롯사이트�
The UK슬롯사이트™s public sector has in recent months has faced several cyberattacks, the report said. Last week, the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) said that it슬롯사이트™s experiencing an 슬롯사이트œongoing cyber incident슬롯사이트�.
In June, Ofcom, the UK슬롯사이트™s communications regulator, said it was one of the organisations to face a data breach by the Clop ransomware gang슬롯사이트™s mass-exploitation of a security flaw in Progress Software슬롯사이트™s MOVEit Transfer.
In May, Capita, a British outsourcing giant that provides critical services for the UK government said it faced a ransomware attack, which affected more than 90 organisations whose personal information were reportedly breached.
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