A cyberattack on Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust affected three different NHS organisations, due to a shared digital service. The attack also impacted Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital, with a small amount of data compromised from the latter. The attack was perpetrated by the ransomware group INC, which has already published sensitive data extracted from the breached systems. The NHS Trust is now working to establish the full extent of the breach.
The need for secure data sharing: Lessons learned from public health
The growing wave of cyber attacks calls for enhanced data security and collaboration in healthcare. Companies can use privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to secure patient data,
