UK battles hacking wave as ransomware gang claims ‘biggest ever’ NHS breach

The largest NHS trust in the UK is investigating a ransomware incident, as the country’s public sector continues to grapple with a rising wave of cyberattacks. Barts Health NHS Trust, which operates five London-based hospitals, was recently added to the dark web leak site of the ALPHV ransomware gang. The gang claims to have stolen 70 terabytes of sensitive data, the biggest breach of healthcare data in the UK. The stolen data includes employee identification documents and internal emails labelled “confidential”.