Hackers Leak NHS Hospital Data in Latest Cyberattack

Data from an NHS hospital is leaked by hackers in a cyberattack

Hackers leak confidential data from NHS hospital in cyberattack, including patient names, dates of birth, and NHS numbers. The attack on Synnovis, a blood testing service provider, caused major disruptions at London hospitals and cancelled hundreds of appointments.

The health authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) have declared that on Friday, June 21st, confidential data that was stolen during a ransomware assault that caused major disruptions at hospitals in London was made public online.

The blood transfusion industry was negatively impacted earlier this month by a cyberattack on service provider Synnovis, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of scheduled appointments and still-pending procedures.

Several of the biggest hospitals in the UK were impacted by the attack, including Guy's and St. Thomas' in the center of the capital city of England and King's College Hospital.

The organization in charge of the state-run National Health Service (NHS) in England said, “NHS England has been informed that the cybercriminal group published data last night, which they claim belongs to Synnovis and was stolen as part of this attack.”

In the meantime, on their darknet site, the Russian cybercriminal gang Qilin disclosed about 400 gigabytes of data, including patient names, dates of birth, NHS numbers, and descriptions of blood tests.

On June 3, a cyberattack was launched against Synnovis, a business that tests blood samples for pathology, mostly in southeast London.

“We understand that people may be concerned by this and we are continuing to work with Synnovis, the National Cyber Security Centre and other partners to determine the content of the published files as quickly as possible,” NHS England said.