News about Julie White

A Scottish health board has warned everyone in its area to assume that some of their data has been published online after its IT system was hacked. The attack took place in February, when large numbers of files held on NHS Dumfries and Galloway's servers were illegally copied. The board is now set to send out leaflets saying the situation is 'extremely serious'. Its chief executive Julie White has been forced to contact 'every household' in the region of around 148,000 people, warning that they are a potential target. Officials confirmed that 'over three terabytes of data' was published by the hackers following February's cyber attack, when a 'substantial amount of patient and staff-identifiable data' was stolen.