May Day: the NHS cyberattack

In 2016 we investigated what might happen if the NHS was the subject of a cybercrime attack. Our report warned that hospitals would be crippled, and experts said it wasn’t a question of ‘if’ – but, rather, ‘when’. Six months later, the feared attack happened. Anna Sayburn returns to talk to some of...

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Published inBulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 99; no. 8; pp. 268 - 271
Main Author Sayburn, Anna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2017
Subjects
Computer viruses
Contingency planning
Cybersecurity
Malware
Patients
Trusts
X-rays
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Ireland
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Summary:In 2016 we investigated what might happen if the NHS was the subject of a cybercrime attack. Our report warned that hospitals would be crippled, and experts said it wasn’t a question of ‘if’ – but, rather, ‘when’. Six months later, the feared attack happened. Anna Sayburn returns to talk to some of those in the eye of the storm about what happened, and whether lessons can be learnt.
ISSN:1473-6357
1478-7075
DOI:10.1308/rcsbull.2017.x268