Data breach

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Cyber attack
15 August 2024

Kootenai Health cyber attack impacts 464,000 patients

US healthcare provider Kootenai Health has revealed that data belonging to 464,000 patients has been compromised following a cyber attack.
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27 November 2023

Somerset NHS FT contacts patients about data breach

Patients at Musgrove Park Hospital are being contacted by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust after it was revealed a staff member
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Medical imaging cybercrime
30 June 2023

NHS patient data compromised in university cyber attack – report

NHS patient data, collected for research purposes, may have been accessed in a recent ransomware attack on the University of
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14 February 2023

14k staff at NHS trust in Liverpool have personal details mistakenly shared

Nearly 14,000 staff at Liverpool's main hospital trust had their personal information, including salaries, accidentally sent by email to hundreds
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12 October 2021

Is the NHS investment in data security paying dividends?

In a column for Digital Health, Davey Winder, explores whether data security in healthcare is doing its job correctly.
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Cyber Protection
20 July 2021

Transgender charity Mermaids fined £25k for data protection breach

The transgender charity has been fined £25,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to keep the personal data
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Babylon 2
23 September 2020

Babylon to face ‘no further action’ for data breach of GP at Hand

Babylon admitted in June that three patients were able to view recordings of other patient’s consultations using the GP at
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15 September 2020

Welsh data breach exposes information of Covid-19 patients

Public Health Wales has confirmed a data breach which involved the personally identifiable data of Welsh residents who have tested
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Babylon Healthcare Service Ltd
10 June 2020

Babylon admits ‘software error’ led to data breach of GP at Hand

Babylon Health confirmed that three patients were able to view recordings of other patient’s consultations using the GP at Hand
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
20 September 2019

Cyber security news round up

Our latest round-up of cyber security news includes proposed guidance on securing the PACS ecosystem and a report that WannaCry
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