London Hospital Cyber Attack
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FMOB

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1,994 posts

34 months

Tuesday 4th June 2024
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This is having a real impact on patients.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c288n8rkpvno

LimmerickLad

5,931 posts

37 months

Tuesday 4th June 2024
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FMOB said:
This is having a real impact on patients.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c288n8rkpvno
Not the 1st time the NHS has been attacked from what I hear but I started to wonder if there was a gagging order in place.

swisstoni

21,875 posts

301 months

Tuesday 4th June 2024
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Has the NHS password been guessed?

FMOB

Original Poster:

1,994 posts

34 months

Tuesday 4th June 2024
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swisstoni said:
Has the NHS password been guessed?
Yes, NHS12345 isn't hard to guess.

You wonder how they have integrated the supplier in question into the network, one can only presume with zero protection or controls, this sort of thing just should not happen!

hidetheelephants

33,250 posts

215 months

Tuesday 4th June 2024
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It's a pathology service provider rather than the NHS, so they aren't the only organisation with stty nonexistent cybersecurity.