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NHS Scotland hacked more than 100 times

SCOTTISH NHS boards have faced 117 cyber attacks, with one facing an offensive from North Korea, in the past five years, health boards say.

Kim Jong Un’s regime is accused of hacking NHS Borders in 2017, though it is unclear what the reason for an attack may have been.

In response to a Freedom of Information request by the Scottish Conservatives, six health boards said their cyber defences had been successfully breached.

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