Docs use pen and paper after computers scrambled amid global outbreak

Source: UK hospital meltdown after ransomware worm uses NSA vuln to raid IT

<<UK hospitals have effectively shut down and are turning away non-emergency patients after ransomware ransacked its networks.

Some 16 NHS organizations across Blighty – including several hospital trusts such as NHS Mid-Essex CCG and East and North Hertfordshire – have had their files scrambled by a variant of the WannaCrypt, aka WanaCrypt aka Wcry, nasty. Users are told to cough up $300 in Bitcoin to restore their documents.

Doctors have been reduced to using pen and paper, and closing A&E to non-critical patients, amid the tech blackout. Ambulances have been redirected to other hospitals, and operations canceled.>>

A suitable Disaster Recovery applying field-proven MPO methods are called for in case your IT is struck by fallout from the NSA vulnerabilities and tool-collection that have been dumped by hackers in the open after not being rewarded by solvent buyers.

The missing OPSEC in the US cyber-activities have taken their toll, and we are well advised to protect our systems, with a good measure of security for disaster recovery. If you feel you could do with a suitable DR and incident response plan, and are a NHS entity, call

+44.1617 38 1243 

or ask us for a risk- and cost free telephone audit by one of our executive directors, followed by a workshop and PoC on-site on demand. Our DR/IR solution can save valuable time after rogue patches, ransomware or all kind of nasty cyber-infections.