Breach Roundup: UK NHS Links Patient Death to Ransomware Attack

Also, O Canada, Oh Brother and More Probable Chinese Hacking Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • June 26, 2025

Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week: The UK NHS linked a patient death to ransomware, Canada also hacked by Salt Typhoon and Russian intelligence hackers spread novel backdoors in Ukraine. SAP and Citrix published patches, suspected Chinese hackers targeted the oil and energy sector and Brother printers have an unfixable flaw. Ransomware hit a U.S. dairy cooperative. Iranian hackers disrupted public services in Albania and the English municipality of Oxford was breached. European lawmakers heard advice to do more malware infrastructure takedowns.

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A British national healthcare service is blaming a ransomware attack for a patient death, marking a rare example of when a cyberattack is directly linked to human mortality ...