Synnovis ransomware breach: Essex NHS trust confirms 2,380 patient records compromised
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Carly Page
Summary
Two years after the Synnovis ransomware attack, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that approximately 2,380 patient records were compromised in the breach. This follows a similar disclosure from Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which reported nearly 33,000 affected records. Hospitals continue to identify and notify affected patients long after the initial attack.
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· 3 pulledThe trust told The Register that the Synnovis breach affected about 2,380 records relating to patients who underwent specialist diagnostic testing.
The disclosure follows a similar announcement by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which earlier this month said that almost 33,000 patient records had been caught up in the same breach.
Two years on from ransomware attack, hospitals are still trying to identify and warn patients
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