The Jersey Evening Post reported: More than 10,000 appointments have been cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected by a cyber attack earlier this summer, new figures have revealed. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ransomware attack by Russian cyber gang Qilin on June 3. An update from…
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Russian spies hacked UK government systems earlier this year, stole data and emails
Alexander Martin reports: Cyber spies working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service stole internal emails and data on individuals from the British government earlier this year, according to an official description of the incident obtained by Recorded Future News. The breach of the Home Office’s systems has not previously been reported. It followed the Russian hackers…
Belfast Trust investigating patient details data breach at Mental Health unit
Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…
UK: Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider Advanced following 2022 ransomware attack
The following statement by the Information Commissioner’s Office concerns a devastating 2022 ransomware attack by LockBit3.0 on Advanced Computer Software Group (“Advanced”), an IT vendor for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Here is the ICO’s statement about Advanced: We have provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09m, following an initial…
Police recover over USD 40 million from international email scam
Singapore authorities make record recovery thanks to cooperation with Timor Leste through INTERPOL LYON, France: A global stop-payment mechanism developed by INTERPOL has helped Singapore authorities make their largest ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise scam. On 23 July 2024, a commodity firm based in Singapore filed a police report stating…
Patient frustrated by Woodstock Hospital privacy breach
Lee Griffi reports on a hospital breach in Ontario: Woodstock Hospital officials have now released a few details about a reported privacy breach that occurred between January and May of this year. The hospital released a statement on social media late last week and has also sent letters to 56 patients who reportedly had their…