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Ransomware hackers target NHS hospitals with new cyberattacks


Two NHS trusts in England have been hacked in recent weeks, the latest attacks to hit the national health service.

In a post on its dark web leak site, Inc Ransom claims to have stolen patient records, donor reports, and procurement data spanning between 2018 and 2024 from Alder Hey. In a statement published on Wednesday, Alder Hey — which first confirmed the cybersecurity incident on November 28 — said it had determined that hackers compromised a “digital gateway service” used by several hospitals to access its systems. Alder Hey says that its hospital services remain unaffected and continue to run normally, but warned that there was a possibility that the attackers “may publish the data before our investigation is concluded.”

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