NHS health system hack goes worldwide as it puts patients at risk while hospitals scramble while being offline – PB/TK
NHS hack: Cyber attack takes 16 hospitals offline as patients are turned away – By Andrew Griffin l May 12 2017
At least 16 hospitals are having to reject patients after their systems were taken offline.
A huge cyber attack has infected NHS trusts across the country and has led to all digital systems being pulled down.
The ransomware threatens hospitals that they will lose access to patient records and other files if they don’t pay money to the hackers.
NHS Digital, which oversees hospital cybersecurity, says the attack used the Wanna Decryptor variant of malware, which holds affected computers hostage while the attackers demand a ransom.
Pictures posted on social media showed screens of NHS computers with images demanding payment of $300 worth of the online currency Bitcoin, saying: “Ooops, your files have been encrypted!”
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