Sensitive documents dumped on leak site amid claims of 3 TB of data stolen in total
NHS Scotland says it managed to contain a ransomware group's malware to a regional branch, preventing the spread of infection across the entire institution.
"The Scottish Government is working with the health board, Police Scotland and other agencies including the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre to assess the level of this breach and the possible implications for individuals concerned. This dump of data could suggest criminals behind the attack have grown less confident in their ability to get a ransom payment, so have publicized the attack to pressure the victim, per theMany of the documents clearly reference NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Despite originally disclosing an incident on March 15, NHS Dumfries and Galloway have not acknowledged the incident as ransomware, instead describing it as a"focused and ongoing cyberattack.
"The NHS Board views patient and staff confidentiality as a key priority, along with ensuring welfare and wellbeing. As such, very great effort is being made to address this situation, and to try to prevent it from being repeated.
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