article: Eleven of Scotland's 14 territorial health boards were hit by the "ransomware" attack linked to other IT attacks around the world. The hack has encrypted information on NHS computers, denying access unless a payment is made. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said work to fix the systems affected had entered a "recovery phase" She called the attack "hugely concerning" but said there was no evidence as yet to suggest outdated computer systems were responsible for the breach. Scotland's Health Secretary Shona Robison said there was a "level of confidence" that systems would be back up and running by Monday and that no breach of patient confidentiality had been detected. The health boards which have been affected are: The Scottish Ambulance Service has also been affected, along with NHS National Services Scotland. The incidents are thought to be part of a wider attack affecting organisations in about 100 countries around the world. IT problems have also caused disruption in about 30 health authorities in England, while the NHS in Wales and Northern Ireland are so far unaffected. The Scottish government said most incidents had been confined to desktop computers in GP surgeries, dental practices and other primary care centres. A spokesman said the only acute hospital sites so far affected had been in NHS Lanarkshire. BBC Scotland understands that computer systems at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride were compromised. Ms Robison told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that IT specialists had been working non-stop to get GP systems back up and running. She said: "People are working very, very hard and have worked through the night. The update I've got this morning is that we're very much into recovery phase now, with a lot of work going on to get systems back up running. "The GP systems, which of course were the main problem across our health boards - work is going on, and there is a level of confidence that many will be back up and running before GP surgeries open on Monday morning." Ms Sturgeon told the BBC: "Obviously cyber-attacks of this nature are hugely concerning and I think they underline the vulnerability not just of the public sector, but also of society generally to cyber-attacks, but they also underline the importance of all organisations making sure that they have all appropriate measures in place to protect against those kinds of attack." She added: "Obviously there is a lot of investigation into exactly why the health service has been affected in the way it has. I think it's important to stress that this has been a global international attack." Shona Robison said NHS Lanarkshire had been more affected in terms of its acute hospitals, but said manual systems had worked safely and insisted that patients had not been negatively impacted by the breach. "The intention today is to begin testing those IT systems and to gradually and safely try to bring those back on over the course of the weekend." Ms Robison added: "Throughout all of this there's been no breach to patient confidentiality that has been detected to date so
summary: The Scottish government says it is working closely with health officials following a global cyber hack.