Data breach affects NHS administrative information
An individual affiliating themselves with the hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have stolen UK NHS patient data. The attacker claims to have exploited unpatched vulnerabilities in software provided by SwiftQueue, a vendor responsible for managing a number of hospital appointment booking systems.
SwiftQueue have confirmed an unauthorised party accessed 32,501 lines of administrative data. This is likely to include personally…
Link: Weekly Threat Report 25th August 2017
Source: NCSC Reports
