UK healthcare sector records tenfold increase in cyberattacks

The UK’s healthcare sector is being “stress-tested to breaking point,” with a tenfold increase in attacks during January-May 2026 compared to the whole of 2025, according to SonicWall.

The security vendor’s data comes from its intrusion prevention system (IPS) sensors dispersed across UK healthcare clients.

They recorded 264,000 individual events in the first five months of the year compared to just 27,000 for 2025.

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