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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Barts Health NHS Trust hit with “IT attack”
England’s biggest hospital trust has confirmed it is urgently investigating a “IT attack” that has infected its system.
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Aggressive ransomware blamed for NHS cyber-attack
The Globe2 ransomware virus has been singled out as the culprit in the cyber-attack that took down a northern NHS trust’s systems for four days.
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Davey Winder: ransomware, it’s over here
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has made headlines for all the wrong reasons, after succumbing to what is probably a ransomware attack. Davey Winder says this should be wake-up call for trusts.
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Criminal investigation after trust downed in cyber attack
Police are now investigating after a computer virus shut down three northern hospitals for four days.
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole virus crisis into third day
The trust at the centre of a major virus infection has cancelled virtually all of its operations for a third day.
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Virus all but shuts down Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has shut down the majority of its IT systems in response to a virus attack, declared a major incident, and cancelled activity for two days.
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First Digital Health Cyber Security Summit this month
New national speakers have been added to the programme for the first Digital Health Cyber Security Summit that will be held on 25 August at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
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