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Software bug at firm left NHS data 'vulnerable to hackers'

The NHS is looking into claims that a software flaw at Medefer left patient data vulnerable.

The NHS is "looking into" allegations that patient data was left vulnerable to hacking due to a software flaw at a private medical services company. "The external security agency has asserted that the allegation that this flaw could have provided access to large amounts of patients' data is categorically false." "There is the possibility that Medefer stored data derived from the NHS not as securely as one would hope it would be," said Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Surrey.

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