NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers

NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers A cyber-attack on a major IT provider of the NHS has been confirmed as a ransomware attack.

Advanced, which provides digital services like patient check-in and NHS 111, says it may take three to four weeks to fully recover.

Ransomware hackers take control of IT systems, steal data and demand a payment from victims to recover.

The NHS insists that disruption is minimal, but Advanced would not say whether NHS data had been stolen. BBC News

See also:

• GCHQ to investigate ransomware attack on NHS 111 supplier Channel 4 News
• NHS cyber attack: Hackers 'issue demands' to IT supplier The Daily Mail
• Advanced begins forensic investigation into ransomware attack Digital Health
• NHS ransomware attack: what happened and how bad is it? The Guardian
• Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier The Guardian
• Cyberattack: NHS staff unable to access patient notes for three weeks The Independent
• Cyber attack on software supplier causes "major outage" across the NHS IT Pro
• NHS facing weeks of disruption after cyberattack on supplier of patient records systems Public Technology