What happened to the NHS computer virus?

[jonah35]

Did they pay the ransom in the end? I heard they did.

[Shaw Tarse]

They couldn't crack the doctor's receptionist.

[bitchstewie]

Some did most didn't it's not a binary thing as the trusts control their data independently.

[alorotom]

Some trusts are still rolling back their infected computers (St Barts for example)

All others had their outsourced IT depts take control and patch the issues and then roll back to the previous days full backup

No ransoms have been paid by the NHS at all

[alorotom]

bhstewie said:

Some did most didn't it's not a binary thing as the trusts control their data independently.

None paid anything in ransoms

[Cold]

They passed it on to BA in an email titled "You won't believe what these celebrities look like now".

[motco]

Our local hospital had only just upgraded to Windows 10 when it hit. Much relief all round!

[Mr MXT]

The hospital Mrs MXT works in wasn't affected, as they still use Windows 95.

[bitchstewie]

alorotom said:

None paid anything in ransoms

My mistake, I thought one or two of the smaller shops had.

[motco]

Mr MXT said:

The hospital Mrs MXT works in wasn't affected, as they still use Windows 95.

[GC8]

My understanding was that the bogus domain was registered. It replies and the malware exits, so whilst the infection remained it didn't function.

[Jessicus]

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.

[bga]

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.