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NHS Breach, HSE Bug Expose Healthcare Data in the British Isles

ID: 6b00ed0b-bd61-5fca-bb2b-311344bb9502

STIX ID: report--6b00ed0b-bd61-5fca-bb2b-311344bb9502

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-03-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Executive summary: A Salesforce configuration error exposed sensitive COVID vaccination data and staff documents from Ireland's HSE, while NHS Dumfries and Galloway reported a focused, ongoing cyberattack that may have disrupted services and led to the theft of patient and employee data; Salesforce has introduced scanning and logging improvements, but the incidents highlight persistent misconfiguration risks and underfunded cybersecurity in healthcare.

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