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NHS could have taken “relatively simple action” to prevent WannaCry infection

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Oct

2017

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) could have easily escaped unscathed by the WannaCry contagion in May, had it taken several prior warnings seriously, according to a new report. The National Audit Office has issued a report blaming England’s publicly-funded national healthcare system for ignoring security warnings ever since 2014 that it will find itself […]

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UK Blames North Korea for Cyberattack That Crippled Hospitals

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Oct

2017

Britain on Friday blamed North Korea for a ransomware attack this year that a new report revealed affected a third of English hospitals and could have been prevented with “basic” IT security. “This attack, we believe quite strongly that it came from a foreign state,” Ben Wallace, a junior minister for security, told BBC Radio […]

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UK Parliament Cuts Email Access After Cyberattack

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Jun

2017

Britain’s parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack. Parliamentary authorities described the attack as “sustained and determined”, in an email sent to lawmakers and published by the Daily Telegraph. “Earlier this morning we discovered unusual activity and evidence of an attempted cyberattack on our computer network,” it read. “Closer […]

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