Scottish mental health association hit by cyber-attack

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Scottish mental health association hit by cyber-attack

By Alexandra Leonards

23/3/2022

The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) has announced that it has been a victim to a “sophisticated and criminal” cybersecurity attack.

The organisation said that it is difficult to understand why perpetrators would want to disrupt work relied on by vulnerable people.

“Our priority is to continue to do everything we can to deliver our vital services,” said Billy Watson, chief executive, SAMH. “My thanks to our staff team who, under difficult circumstances, are finding ways to keep our support services running to ensure those they support experience as little disruption as possible.

“We are working closely with various agencies including Police Scotland - this is an active investigation.”

SAMH said that while communications are currently disrupted, it will continue to seek expert advice to deal with the incident.

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