NHS hacked as patients’ private data is published online after cyber attack | UK | News

The NHS has confirmed that patient data was stolen in a cyber attack and published online. The hacker group INC Ransom, which revealed the breach on its dark web blog, claimed to hold three terabytes of data from NHS Scotland. The leaked data includes information from a “small number” of patients from NHS Dumfries and Galloway, according to the region’s health board. The hackers are known for stealing data and demanding a ransom to prevent it from being published.