Extent of attacks on UK healthcare revealed in numbers NHS trusts across England experienced more than 1,300 hours of downtime in the last three years, according to results from Freedom…
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NHS website defaced by hackers
An NHS website hosting data from patient surveys that was defaced by hackers has been fixed. The site, insights.london.nhs.uk, was given a black background, eerie music and a message in…
NHS given a lashing for lack of action plan one year since WannaCry
Cyber resiliency of the UK’s health service still in disarray By Kat Hall Nearly a year has passed since the unprecedented WannaCry cyber attack and the UK’s NHS has yet…
Hospitals Exposed by Connected Devices
Phil Muncaster At any one time the world’s connected hospitals could be running as many as 80,000 exposed devices, putting hospital operations, data privacy and patient health at risk, according…
Cyber-Security: How hospitals can prevent ransomware
Hospitals are vulnerable to the same cyber threats as businesses and must take action to protect themselves. By David Trossell According to BBC News, “WannaCry was the biggest cyber-attack that…
NHS Digital adds £10m to prospective cyber security contract
By Owen Hughes NHS Digital has raised the value of a contract through which it hopes to procure the services of an external cyber security partner for its security operations…