NHS

NHS

Islamist hackers associated with Isis launched a cyberattack on a number of NHS websites, revealing major security weaknesses.

Patient data was allegedly vulnerable to the attacks.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/isis-islamist-hackers-nhs-websites-cyber-attack-syrian-civil-war-images-islamic-state-a7567236.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nhs

"id": "nhs0268722",
"linkid": "nhs",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'NHS',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient data']},
 'description': 'Islamist hackers associated with Isis launched a cyberattack '
                'on a number of NHS websites, revealing major security '
                'weaknesses. Patient data was allegedly vulnerable to the '
                'attacks.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient data'],
            'systems_affected': ['NHS websites']},
 'threat_actor': ['Islamist hackers associated with Isis'],
 'title': 'Isis-Linked Cyberattack on NHS Websites',
 'type': 'Cyberattack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': ['Security weaknesses in NHS websites']}
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