What happened to the NHS computer virus?
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AV companies developed antidotes within hours. Encryption keys were found and the website "kill switch" was activated.
Any data lost will have been recovered from backups held offline.
Caused problems, but nothing that any major organisation should have issues recovering from.
Positives: Meant that I had a news story that I could scare our less than technical colleagues with - hopefully fewer virus/malware installations on our site.
Any data lost will have been recovered from backups held offline.
Caused problems, but nothing that any major organisation should have issues recovering from.
Positives: Meant that I had a news story that I could scare our less than technical colleagues with - hopefully fewer virus/malware installations on our site.
jonah35 said:
Did they pay the ransom in the end? I heard they did.
Some individuals did. None of the trusts went that far. Solutions were found, gaps in backups were discovered and the world carried on spinning. If anything, patching is higher on the agenda than it has been for a while. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff