NHS service admits data breach due to pager use

NHS Blood and Transplant investigate data breach due to pager use

The medical data of transplant patients from across the UK was sent over an unencrypted pager network.

NHS Data Breach Exposes 1980s Technology Still Handling Patient Data

Names, dates of birth and organ information were sent to transplant teams.NHS Blood and Transplant has reported the breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office.The NHS in England was told in 2019 to stop using pagers by 2021.NHS has admitted that sensitive medical data belonging to transplant patients was routinely sent over an unencrypted pager network, exposing a problem that sits somewhere between outdated technology and modern data prote…

NHS admits data breach by sending patient data via pagers

STILL, NHS? Martin Bagot reports: The NHS has admitted a data breach by sending patients’ personal information over pager devices. A BBC investigation found sensitive medical data of transplant patients was routinely sent over an unencrypted pager network. The information included the names, dates of birth and types of organs being offered or needed. The small battery... Source