GB Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust May 2017 Malware Attack (Q10792)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | GB Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust May 2017 Malware Attack |
A data breach risk event |
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May 2017
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At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victims documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. The ransomware is using an NSA exploit leaked by The Shadow Brokers, and has made tens of thousands of victims worldwide, including the Russian Interior Ministry, Chinese universities, Hungarian telcos, FedEx branches, and more. Cybersecurity firm Avast said it had identified more than 75,000 ransomware attacks in 99 countries, making it one of the broadest and most damaging cyberattacks in history. Avast said the majority of the attacks targeted Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan. But U.K. hospitals, C (English)
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