Records on 300m patient interactions with NHS stolen in Russian hack

Exclusive: health service scrambling to set up helpline after Qilin gang put stolen data into public domain overnight

Russian hackers have stolen records covering 300m patient interactions with the NHS, including the results of blood tests for HIV and cancer, the Guardian can reveal.

The amount and sensitive nature of the data obtained by the Qilin hacking gang has caused alarm among NHS bosses, who are scrambling to set up a helpline to deal with inquiries from what could be a large number of worried patients and also health service staff.

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