NHS patients being put 'at risk' because of cybersecurity flaws

A lack of investment by seven NHS trusts and systems which are out of date mean online security is weak, say experts.

By Tom Cheshire, Technology Correspondent

A Sky News investigation has discovered the NHS trusts putting patients at risk by not protecting their data online. Seven NHS trusts, serving more than two million people, spent nothing on cybersecurity in 2015.

Sky News worked with security experts to find serious flaws in their cybersecurity, which could be easily exploited by relatively unskilled hackers.

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Source: http://news.sky.com/

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