The Neverending NHS Data Breach

The Qilin ransomware event continues its infinite victory lap, with Essex trusts still struggling to identify which records were stolen years ago. This lingering incompetence impacts patients who deserve better than a two-year delay in finding out their data is floating around the dark web. We might attempt to protect ourselves by actually securing backups and auditing access logs, though the history here suggests that locking the stable door after the horse has aged two years is the current strategy.