The NHS is investigating what the UK health service fears is its biggest leak of patient data in years, after a ransomware attack three weeks ago disrupted thousands of appointments and operations at major London hospitals. Russian-speaking cyber crime group Qilin late on Thursday uploaded 104 files containing almost 400GB of information it said it had stolen from Synnovis, which provides pathology services for the NHS.
It posted the first organisation it hacked to its leak site in October 2022, and has steadily increased its activity, listing 16 organisations as victims in May 2024. Groups such as Qilin typically threaten to release data or further disrupt services unless organisations pay a ransom. Their targets are often organisations rich in data that may be vulnerable to an attack. Synnovis and NHS England declined to give details on demands or negotiations with the group.
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