Both of the data leaks at the Cambridge Addenbrooke’s Hospital appear to be because of failures in how information was released in response of Freedom of Information requests: Data breach by Addenbrooke’s Hospital reveals patient information – BBC News The information has not leaked any further than the primary recipients, …
WhatsApp user data stolen
I have just written about the information leak at NHS Lanarkshire because of the use of WhatsApp and I regularly talk about rogue Android apps that get into the Google Play Store – here I bring both of them together. A rogue app that steals WhatsApp user data: Hackers steal …
I have warned clients about this…
I have had various discussions with various clients about the use of WhatsApp. They like it as it is often already used by their people, works on Android and iPhones and they point me to the security WhatsApp advertises. I then point out that there is no accountability and Microsoft …
NHS Trusts hit by a cyber attack on a software vendor
Ortivus is a Swedish based provider of cloud based software for the health industry. Since 18 July it has been investigating a cyber security incident which has impacted a number of its services. These include the patient and transport information solution used by South Western Ambulance Service Trust and South …
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NHS Data Breach – Trust or trust?
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country – and it’s cyber security has been breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang. Some of the data has already been leaked as a “proof of breach” to the Trust and to the members of staff whose data, held …