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Patient data held by hacker group after cyber attack, health board confirms

A hacker group has obtained “a small number” of patients’ data following an attack on the NHS in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The group, INC Ransom, claims to have 3TB of data from NHS Scotland, but officials maintain the incident was contained to one health board. Situation is under investigation by Police Scotland and the National Cyber Security Centre. Affected patients will be contacted.

Source: www.independent.co.uk –

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