Coronavirus: Cyber criminals threaten to hold hospitals to ransom - Interpol

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Interpol warns that ransomware attacks could lead directly to deaths as healthcare resources are stretched by the crisis.

Jurgen Stock, Interpol's secretary, has warned that the attacks could be deadly if they were to strike as resources are stretched to the maximum during the outbreak.

"Locking hospitals out of their critical systems will not only delay the swift medical response required during these unprecedented times, it could directly lead to deaths."In a statement sent to Sky News, NHS Digital said:"This is a time of unprecedented stress on the NHS, not least for the cyber security and IT teams who are continuing to work hard in all NHS organisations to keep patient data and systems secure, to continue to deliver safe patient care.

"We are advising organisations to remain vigilant to any suspicious emails from people they do not know, to follow our guidance on reporting them, and to ensure virus definitions are updated and security vulnerabilities are patched.

There have been 34 Category Two incidents which have required high level involvement among government departments and agencies - including the WannaCry ransomware attack which hit the NHS in 2017.

 

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These ppl will hv not a trace of self respect in their blood as inflicting this action whilst the world is crippled & they c it as a money making chance.

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