RansomExx ransomware group conducts ransomware attack against the Scottish Association for Mental Health

On Thursday 17^th of March 2022, Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), a Scottish mental health charity suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in their email system at both national and local offices being affected as well as some of their phone lines being taken down. In an announcement on Monday 21^st March 2022, Chief Executive Billy Watson released an announcement condemning the incident where he revealed that SAMH are devastated by this attack against them and SAMH are working closely with various agencies including Police Scotland.

The incident has been claimed by the RansomExx ransomware group who claimed to have stolen about 12GB of data from SAMH during the incident.