DXS International, a Surrey based technology company that provides healthcare workflow solutions to NHS England has confirmed it was hit by a cyber-attack.
In a filing to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on 18th December, DXS International said the incident was discovered on 14th December and affected its office servers.
Fortunately, the attack caused “minimal impact on the company’s services and front-line clinical services remain unaffected and operational,” according to the DXS filing.
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Also, the company does not anticipate that the incident will have an adverse financial impact at this time.
DXS also confirmed it notified the relevant authorities, which included the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and various NHS bodies.
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When discovering the breach, DXS said it “immediately contained it” and started an investigation in collaboration with NHS England and “an external cyber security specialist agency.”
A threat actor known as Devman have claimed responsibility for the data theft. They listed DXS on their data leak site on 14th December.
They also claimed to have stolen 300GB of data from the company and threatened to release it on 20th December.
There is no evidence of this claim amounting to anything more than just a ‘claim’ as yet.
Opinion
Yet another cyber attack as the heart of our society, minimal damage has been done but it as an example of the willingness of scumbag hackers to attack us wherever they see a vulnerability.
