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Re:Hackers threaten to leak plastic surgery pictures by xxs on Thursday December 24, 2020 @02:34PM (#25530648)
That's UK, no HIPPA per se. Funny enough, the infamous GDPR applies and data leaks are quite punishable.

The Hospital Group is in a quite bad position: 1) the blackmail, in no definition that's ransom. 2) The data leak has to be reported and potentially they will get fined by the state.

As for taking regulation seriously, I guess it does depend on the industry. Where I work GDPR and regulatory breaches are treated more seriously than downtime.

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Re:Hackers threaten to leak plastic surgery pictures by lotsofpulp on Friday December 25, 2020 @08:09AM (#25536255)
I assume UK business won’t have to worry about GDPR for clients in the UK going forward due to Brexit?
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Re:Hackers threaten to leak plastic surgery pictures by xxs on Friday December 25, 2020 @11:41AM (#25537416)
Not really. The UK has its own[0].

[0]: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection

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