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Essex NHS Trust Confirms Stolen Patient Records

| 2026-06-09 09:15 HIGH LOW DATA BREACH
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Executive Summary
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In June 2024, a ransomware attack by the Qilin gang crippled pathology services across south east London, forcing hospitals to cancel thousands of appointments and operations while clinicians struggled with delays to blood testing and transfusion services. The Synnovis breach affected approximately 2,380 records relating to patients who underwent specialist diagnostic testing at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which was one of the organizations caught up in the breach. The attack works by exploiting vulnerabilities in systems, allowing hackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. Two years later, the patient tally from the Synnovis ransomware attack continues to grow, with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust confirming that almost 33,000 patient records were also affected.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Reset credentials and API keys that may have been exposed, and review access logs for the affected accounts or integrations.
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Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
QilinQilin
Target & Sectors
NORTH_AMERICA NORTH_AMERICA healthhealth
Incident Timeline
‎2026/06/09
The Synnovis ransomware attack affected approximately 2,380 patient records relating to specialist diagnostic testing.
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The trust told The Register that the Synnovis breach affected about 2,380 records relating to patients who underwent specialist diagnostic testing.
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The disclosure follows a similar announcement by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which earlier this month said that almost 33,000 patient records had been caught up in the same breach .
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2,380
Records
The trust told The Register that the Synnovis breach affected about 2,380 records relating to patients who underwent specialist diagnostic testing.
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33,000
Patient Records
The disclosure follows a similar announcement by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which earlier this month said that almost 33,000 patient records had been caught up in the same breach .
Intelligence Sources
The Register - Cybercrime 2026-06-09