NHS Scotland warns patients of possible future attacks.
NHS Scotland bosses are warning potentially impacted victims to be vigilant to attacks, warning data may be released by attackers.
Following an attack last month, bosses say there is a “significant risk” hackers may release more confidential data on patients.
Attackers INC Ransom posted a message on a dark web blog where it threatened to release three terabytes of stolen data and published a pack of confidential patient information that allegedly includes hospital reports, emails, clinical reports, and document scans.
NHS Scotland advised the public to be alert for any attempts to access their data, or for approaches by anyone claiming to be in possession of either their personal data or NHS data – whether this approach comes by email, telephone, social media or some other means.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
