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9 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 12:46 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A notorious hacker group has warned the NHS that its computer networks are vulnerable to cyber attack.<\/p>\n

Lulz Security, which claims to have been behind a recent hack on Sony, sent an email to NHS administrators revealing it had found a way to breach the service’s network.<\/p>\n

But the Department of Health was quick to deny that any patient information was at risk.<\/p>\n

The hackers said they did not intend to steal any data.<\/p>\n

Styling themselves as “pirate ninjas”, LulzSec posted on Twitter the e-mail it sent to the NHS.<\/p>\n

No harm<\/span><\/p>\n

“While you aren’t considered an enemy – your work is of course brilliant – we did stumble upon several of your admin passwords,” the e-mail read.<\/p>\n

It lists the stolen information – but blacks out the names in the tweet.<\/p>\n

“We mean you no harm and only want to help you fix your tech issues,” the mail continued.<\/p>\n

The Department of Health played down the warning.<\/p>\n

“This is a local issue affecting a very small number of website administrators. No patient information has been compromised,” a Department of Health spokesperson told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“No national NHS information systems have been affected. The Department has issued guidance to the local NHS about how to protect and secure all their information assets.”<\/p>\n

Like many hacker groups, LulzSec appears to be a loosely organised collective with no-one really in charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It claims to specialise in finding poorly protected websites to attack. Information they steal is sometimes posted to the web.<\/p>\n

The group has made the headlines in recent months for a number of hacking attacks.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of June it claimed to have broken into servers that run SonyPictures.com<\/a> and accessed the details of a million users.<\/p>\n

A day later it claimed to have hacked Nintendo’s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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