UK health trusts hit by ransomware attacks

The UK's National Health Service is being targeted by ransomware according to a new study which shows that 30 percent of NHS Trusts have suffered an attack, potentially placing patient data and lives at risk. The findings come from a Freedom of Information Act study conducted by endpoint security company SentinelOne. It submitted FOI requests to 129 NHS Trusts, of which 94 responded. All but two NHS trusts -- Surrey and Sussex, and University College London Hospitals -- have invested in AV security software on their endpoint devices to protect them from malware. But, despite installing a security solution, Leeds Teaching… [Continue Reading]