Liverpool hospital investigates suspected unauthorised access to Southport attack patient records
A hospital in Liverpool, UK, is investigating suspected unauthorised access by staff to records of patients from the Southport attack. The investigation concerns two potential instances of unauthorised access.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Two suspected instances of unauthorised access to patient records
- Cause / method
- Suspected unauthorised access to patient records by hospital staff
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- It emerged that a second Liverpool hospital was investigating two suspected instances of unauthorised access to patient records.
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