NHS Major 'Cyber Incident' Forces Hospitals To Use Pen and Paper (theregister.com) 14
The ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting a North West England NHS group has forced sites to fall back on pen-and-paper operations. From a report: The Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust updated its official line on the incident on Wednesday evening, revealing new details about the case, but remains coy about the true nature of the attack.
"After detecting suspicious activity, as a precaution, we isolated our systems to ensure that the problem did not spread. This resulted in some IT systems being offline," the updated statement said.
"We have reverted to our business continuity processes and are using paper rather than digital in the areas affected. We are working closely with the national cybersecurity services and we are planning to return to normal services at the earliest opportunity."
"After detecting suspicious activity, as a precaution, we isolated our systems to ensure that the problem did not spread. This resulted in some IT systems being offline," the updated statement said.
"We have reverted to our business continuity processes and are using paper rather than digital in the areas affected. We are working closely with the national cybersecurity services and we are planning to return to normal services at the earliest opportunity."
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I wonder why... https://www.thelancet.com/jour... [thelancet.com]
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I wonder why... https://www.thelancet.com/jour... [thelancet.com]
Yeah, but you figure that's a country that actually has had a national healthcare system for quite awhile and their conservatives are still trying to dismantle it. Could you imagine how it would go in the USA if we ever managed to pass some sort of healthcare-for-all bill? Heck, let's pretend it actually happened under Biden; it would be the first thing to go on the new administration's to-do list.
In order for socialized healthcare to work in a democracy, it needs to have an overwhelming mandate, otherwis
Re: The best heathcare in the world (Score:2)
What happened when they were hit by wannacry?
I actually worked cybersecurity for a very large US hospital provider for years and kept hearing about NHS getting slapped by this or that, and it always happened a few weeks or even months after we had already ensured that every last one of our systems was patched.
To the "we gone paperless" boasters (Score:5, Insightful)
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Go work in retail for a while. Most people can't read printing, either, even in two foot high letters on a sign they have to move to down an aisle that's closed due to alligators eating people.
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I see you imagine Linux is immune to compromise.
I also see you wallowing in ignorance.
Pro-tip: Maybe spend more effort on checking your bias before blabbing so confidently about how your chosen OS is bullet proof.
What did they expect (Score:2)
A large number of computers there are still running Windows XP on ancient hardware that was created before some of their employees were even born.
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A large number of computers there are still running Windows XP on ancient hardware that was created before some of their employees were even born.
I’m gonna laugh hard when the details of the hack emerge, and WinXP systems hardly got touched because even the hacking group didn’t think their shit was THAT old.
MICROS~1 Windows strikes again .. .. (Score:1)
Who We Share Your Data With [archive.ph]
“Where care is delivered virtually, data may need to be securely transferred and stored using Microsoft 365 applications eg. Teams for virtual group therapy sessions”
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Microsoft Teams training helps NHS staff work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic [bytes.co.uk].
“During the lockdown, Microsoft announced they would help the NHS by providing Teams to them for free [archive.ph]. Teams is a tool that helps staff meet and collaborate regardless of lo
Putting Humpty back together again (Score:1)
I've seen it where they try to key the data on the paper forms back into the computer when it's restored in order to have normal reporting continue. But some required fields are missing or there is no clear matching drop-down for some written categories. It requires a lot of work to clean up, as the original intent is sometimes not known. A best guess is often made with a note in the comments section pointing the guessed fields out.
With one dodgy system they had to make it "down friendly" to make such resto