Reports emerged on Wednesday of a post by the group INC Ransom on its dark web blog, alleging it has three terabytes of data from NHS Scotland.
A hacker group is in possession of at least a "small number" of patients' data following a cyber attack, NHS Dumfries and Galloway has said.
In a statement posted to the health board's website, its chief executive Jeff Ace said: "We absolutely deplore the release of confidential patient data as part of this criminal act."We are continuing to work with Police Scotland, the National Cyber Security Centre, the Scottish Government, and other agencies in response to this developing situation."
Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community hereand get the latest news sent straight to your messages. The board was hit by the cyber attack earlier this month, which it said at the time had put a "significant amount" of data at risk, but it had little impact on services for patients.
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