Scottish NHS staff caught in US cyber-attack
The personal details of hundreds of Scottish NHS staff have been compromised in attack in US radiation monitoring contractor.
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Ransomware attack blamed on misconfigured firewall
The virus that shut Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust for four days likely exploited a misconfigured firewall, report finds.
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London trust fends off 19 ransomware attacks in 12 months
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust disclosed more than twice as many ransomware attacks as any other trust but says no data was lost.
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Update: Trojan malware blamed for Barts cyber-attack
The biggest NHS trust in the country says Trojan malware was behind a major cyber-attack on Friday.
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Big trust overhauls info strategy to meet cyber threat
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says cyber-attacks is the biggest digital threat.
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Exclusive: Health data breaches on the rise
Since April 2015, UK health providers have reported more than 1300 “data security incidents”, including hundreds of cyber-attacks.
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Predictions for the year ahead: UK digital health leaders on 2017
In the second part of a two-part look ahead to 2017, Digital Health News asked some UK digital health leaders for their predictions for the year to come.
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Most read Digital Health features and columns, 2016
Digital Health readers wanted to know how trusts had really got on with high-profile deployments in 2016; while communicating with patients, consent and blockchain were the subjects on the minds of columnists.
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Digital Health’s review of the year, 2016
People and policies came and went at the top of healthcare IT, but some trusts pushed on with major projects and news emerged of tech developments that might shape the years ahead. Lyn Whitfield reviews 2016.
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The 12 Insecure Days of Christmas
Digital Health’s cyber security columnist, Davey Winder, undertakes a musical review of some of the hack attacks that were made on the NHS in 2016, and the measures taken to try and stop them.
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