Cyber Attack on George Eliot Hospital

[Lex]

Wonder how they'll sort this out: http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/nuneaton-s-george-eliot-hospital-hit-by-suspected-cyber-attack/story-30329410-detail/story.html

[rebbonk]

I was reading earlier that it was a ransomware attack affecting several NHS facilities across the country.

I think this really highlights the ill thought through idea of relying totally on computer systems.

When I worked for a subsidiary of Ford we had a computer 'outage' and it brought the whole company to a standstill. Even the telephone directories were server based so you couldn't even find out who to call for an update, never mind call up parts for production! That little episode cost a very large portion of the company a lost day's production.

[rebbonk]

It appears that Spain has been attacked too...

Link (http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-spain-cyber-idUKKBN1881TJ)

[rebbonk]

Allegedly, this is the computer screen...

http://i.share.pho.to/c567ec1e_o.png

[rebbonk]

From a few months back...

NHS security flaws put patients at risk (http://news.sky.com/story/nhs-patients-being-put-at-risk-because-of-cybersecurity-flaws-10657537)

Heads should roll!

[Lex]

A bit of background & information on the attack: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382