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NHS IT firm faces £6m fine over medical records hack

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Watchdog provisionally finds Advanced failed to act to protect data of 82,946 after ransomware attack in England A software provider faces being fined more than £6m over a 2022 ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services in England, the data protection regulator has announced. The Information …

Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised

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Prime minister says ‘very significant cyber event’ still under investigation by federal police and he is ‘not aware’ if he is among the 12.9m victims Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The …

Hacked London NHS hospitals data allegedly published online

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Cyber-attack earlier this month led to cancellation of almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments Data from a ransomware attack has allegedly been published online weeks after the attack halted operations and tests in major London hospitals, NHS England has said. A Russian group carried out the cyber-attack on …

St Vincent’s Health Australia says data stolen in cyber-attack

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Hospital and aged care operator says cyber-attack was first detected on Tuesday and is investigating what data has been accessed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates St Vincent’s – Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider – has confirmed it has fallen victim to a …

Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

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Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so Sensitive health information donated for medical research by half a million UK citizens has been shared with insurance companies despite a pledge that it would not be. An Observer investigation …

‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS – podcast

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The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to Continue reading... [...]

‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS

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The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to Last December, I had an abortion. Most unwanted pregnancies set a panic-timer …

Our health care system may soon receive a much-needed cybersecurity boost

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Enlarge (credit: Lorenzo Capunata/Getty ) The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H), a research support agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, said today that it is launching an initiative to find and help fund the development of cybersecurity technologies that can specifically improve …

Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach

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Privacy watchdog will be asked to investigate after information became available for all employees to view on the staff intranet Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The confidential drug and alcohol test …

Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier

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Attack being investigated for potential data theft as experts warn criminals could use stolen details as leverage A ransomware attack on an NHS software supplier last week is being investigated for potential theft of patient data, as experts warned that criminals could use personal information as leverage in negotiations …

GPs urged to refuse to hand over patient details to NHS Digital

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Senior doctors call on colleagues not to share personal data, in effort to buy time to raise awareness of plans Senior GPs have called on colleagues to refuse to hand over patients’ personal data to NHS Digital, in a move they hope will buy time to raise awareness of …