2026 NHS — admits transplant patient data sent over unencrypted pagers (BBC investigation)
Data compromised
Transplant patient names, dates of birth, and organ types offered/needed routinely sent over pager radio per BBC investigation. Aggregate census not published — recordsAffected 0.
Technical writeup
Verified exposure via insecure operational technology — August 14, 2026. BBC investigation found sensitive transplant-patient data (names, DOB, organ types) routinely transmitted over an unencrypted NHS pager network; NHS admitted the data-protection breach. Pagers remain in use despite prior government direction to phase them out. No published individual census at indexing — recordsAffected 0. Distinct from WannaCry and other NHS cyberattack rows.
Root cause
Operational use of unencrypted pager network to transmit sensitive transplant-patient information