NHS cyber breach exposes 169,000 files, including records linked to King Charles’s home

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December 14, 2025
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Geo News reports:

Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of sensitive NHS documents some of them linked to the Royal Household.

The cyber breach, blamed on a ransomware gang exploiting a flaw in NHS software, has resulted in around 169,000 confidential files being dumped on the dark web. 

According to reports, the stolen data includes records connected to multiple royal residences, among them Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham and King Charles’s official London home, Clarence House.

But no, this is not a flaw in NHS software. It involved a flaw in software they use, though. And no, it’s not about the NHS breach involving Qilin’s breach of Synnovis. This one is about Clop’ breach of Oracle E-Business Suite.

Read more at Geo News.