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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Police are now investigating after a computer virus shut down three northern hospitals for four days.
The information governance toolkit is likely to be “scrapped” as part of a packet of funding to improve cyber security in the NHS, Rob Shaw, NHS Digital’s chief operating officer, has told EHI LIve in Birmingham.
The trust at the centre of a major virus infection has cancelled virtually all of its operations for a third day.
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.
Healthcare IT devices and software are expected to work hard for a long time. From a security point of view, that is not a good thing.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s clarification of the Brexit timetable makes it increasingly likely that the NHS will need to comply with EU data laws that carry a 20 million Euro fine for breaches.