cyber security

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3 February 2017

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
1 February 2017

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
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imperial college
20 January 2017

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
16 January 2017

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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12 January 2017

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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5 January 2017

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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3 January 2017

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
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28 December 2016

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
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23 December 2016

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
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22 December 2016

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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