Health board hit by cyber attack with ‘significant quantity’ of data at risk

NHS Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland has suffered a “focused and ongoing” cyber attack, putting a “significant quantity” of patient and staff data at risk and potentially causing disruption to services. The nature of the attack is unclear but health officials, Police Scotland and the National Cyber Security Agency are investigating. The public and NHS workers are urged to be vigilant for possible attempts to access their systems or for anyone claiming to have data related to them.