ChipSoft ransomware attack disrupts Dutch hospitals and exposes patient data
Dutch healthcare software company ChipSoft was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted hospital services and resulted in the theft of patients’ medical information. ChipSoft confirmed that patient information had been stolen. In June, the company said all stolen data had been deleted and had not been made public.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- ChipSoft
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to hospital services in the Netherlands and theft of patients’ medical information
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- Netherlands
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- The ransomware attack on ChipSoft and the resulting disruption to hospital services in the Netherlands became known.
- It emerged that patients’ medical information had been stolen during the attack.
- ChipSoft confirmed that hackers had stolen patient information.
- ChipSoft said all stolen data had been deleted and had not been made public.
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.