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NHS patients being put ‘at risk’ because of cybersecurity flaws

Seven NHS trusts, serving more than two million people, spent nothing on cybersecurity in 2015. Sky News worked with security experts to find serious flaws in their cybersecurity. Hackers were able to find misconfigured email servers, outdated software and security certificates. Trusts are suffering an increasing amount of personal data breaches, from 3,133 in 2014 to 4,177 last year. Two NHS trusts in Lincolnshire were forced to cancel operations after a virus infected their computer systems. Department of Health said: “We expect all parts of the NHS to take the threat of cybersecurity extremely seriously””]

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-patients-being-put-at-risk-because-of-cybersecurity-flaws-10657537

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