{"id":659058,"date":"2025-03-27T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nhs-vendor-advanced-to-pay-3m-fine-following-2022-ransomware-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:10:19","slug":"nhs-vendor-advanced-to-pay-3m-fine-following-2022-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nhs-vendor-advanced-to-pay-3m-fine-following-2022-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS vendor Advanced to pay \u00a33M fine following 2022 ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over \u00a33 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.\u2019s data protection regulator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/about-the-ico\/media-centre\/news-and-blogs\/2025\/03\/software-provider-fined-3m-following-2022-ransomware-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">has confirmed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s half the fine that the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office had initially sought in August 2024, when the data watchdog said it was going to fine Advanced more than \u00a36 million for its security failings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICO said Wednesday that Advanced \u201cbroke data protection law\u201d by not fully rolling out multi-factor authentication prior to its breach, which allowed hackers to break in with stolen credentials and steal the personal information of tens of thousands of people across the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LockBit ransomware attack on Advanced caused widespread outages across the NHS, including patient data systems that Advanced maintains on behalf of the NHS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Advanced confirmed that it had settled the matter. 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