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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
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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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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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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
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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
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Northern Lincolnshire cyber-attack likely ransomware

The attack, which knocked out the northern trust's IT systems for four days, described as a type of malware that
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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
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Stand and deliver: ransomware in healthcare

Cyber security has been rising up the agenda of US health CIOs for some years; but nothing has concentrated their
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Cyber security is critical to the future of the NHS

Jon Hoeksma explains why Digital Health News has launched a Cyber Security Hub; and why the NHS needs to wake
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