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A view of the UK Parliament buildings and Big Ben in London
8 July 2019

Calls for ‘urgent’ improvements in NHS cyber security presented to Parliament

A white paper written by researchers from Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation says fresh investment is “urgently
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
29 March 2019

Cyber security news round-up

The latest round up from the world of cyber security features news that the University of St Andrews has received £37.4m
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7 December 2018

Genomics England says DNA data not moved due to hacking attempts

Responding to reports that genetics data belonging to some 85,000 individuals had been moved to a secure Ministry of Defence
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
9 November 2018

Cyber security news round-up

Our latest cyber round-up covers new guidelines for internet-connected toys and rumours that Facebook is shopping around for a cyber
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The outside of Royal Bolton Hospital
30 October 2018

Bolton gets proactive with threat detection capabilities

The trust has selected Vectra’s Cognito platform to secure its IT networks against cyber-attacks and help ease strain on the
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A computer screen displaying the WannaCry ransomware note
12 October 2018

Government puts cost of WannaCry to NHS at £92m

The Department of Health and Social Care's latest update on cyber resilience in health and care suggests WannaCry cost the
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
12 October 2018

Cyber security news round up

Our latest round-up from the cyber security world includes BlackBerry's new quantum-resistant cryptography tools and an educational cyber security game.
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Digital Health Cybersecurity Round-Up
14 September 2018

Cyber security news round up

Our latest cyber security round-up covers news of a massive cyber-attack on British Airways and findings from a survey that
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A computer screen displaying the WannaCry ransomware note
11 September 2018

Alleged WannaCry hacker charged by US officials

One of the alleged perpetrators behind 2017's WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS has been charged by US officials, according
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A businesswoman uses a fax machine
20 August 2018

For fax sake: Retro tech leaves NHS open to cyber-attacks, say researchers

Malware can be coded into the image file which, when decoded by the fax machine, will spread through any network
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