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NHS lost £92 million and Cancelled 19K appointments due to WannaCry Ransomware Attack
Do you know how much loss did the WannaCry Ransomware Attack cause to UK’s NHS? The news is out that the national healthcare provider lost almost £92 million and had to cancel almost 19,000 appointments due to the computer network disruption caused by the malware in May’17. The loss estimate of WannaCry Cyber Attack was […]
US federal agencies intensify Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal investigation
US Federal agencies like FBI, Security and Exchanges Commission and Federal Trade Commission have decided to intensify the probe against Facebook’s involvement in Cambridge Analytica data scandal. So, the probe will now on focus on issues such as whether Facebook knew about the data breach that affected some 71 million American users as early as […]
IBM to boost cybersecurity defenses of NHS after WannaCry Attack
In May 2017, the databases of NHS UK were hit by WannaCry Ransomware Attack which resulted in disruption of the digital services in the said healthcare organization for weeks. After almost a year, the healthcare organization of Britain has decided to boost its cybersecurity defenses by hiring IBM’s advanced Cyber Security Services such as vulnerability […]
UK announces a crackdown on Dark Web
UK’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced a crackdown on the dark web as she feels that the ploy could curb criminals from exploiting the anonymous web in pursuit of Child Po$$graphy, drug deals, guns, credit scams and other such illegal activities. Amber announced that the government of United Kingdom has set aside £9 million […]
TOR Proxy sites divert Ransomware payments to new Bitcoin Wallets
Cybercrime has become sophisticated and the latest news acts as a perfect example to prove it. Nowadays, ransomware authors are being tricked by nasty scammers who are diverting the ransomware payments to their own bitcoins wallets, leaving the victims of encrypted data and the ransomware spreading criminals in jeopardy. Yes, this is being done with […]
British NHS incurred £700,000 loss due to WannaCry Ransomware Attack!
An investigation launched by the National Audit Office(NAO) of UK has confirmed that UK based National Health Service aka NHS has incurred a total of £700,000 loss due to WannaCry Ransomware Attack. The officials at the NAO also announced that the attack was caused by the use of unpatched and unsupported Windows Operating systems which […]
NHS to spend £20 million to raise its defense against Cyber Attacks
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is all set to spend £20 million on a Central cybersecurity unit that will use the funds in hiring ethical hackers to probe for vulnerabilities in the healthcare’s IT Infrastructure. As the National Audit Office has concluded last month that the WannaCry attack could have been prevented by basic IT […]
North Korea threatens the UK for blaming Kim Jong for Wannacry Cyber Attack!
Last week, UK government released a press statement holding responsible North Korean leader Kim Jong UN for the Wannacry ransomware attack which crippled NHS hospital group for weeks. The statement was released by Britain’s security Minister Ben Wallace and strongly indicted Pyongyang for the ransomware spread. Today North Korea strongly responded to the claims saying […]
NHS was warned to patch systems to protect against Cyber Attack
A National Audit Office( NAO) investigation into May 2017 Wannacry Outbreak on NHS has revealed that the healthcare network was warned in time to patch systems to protect against Cyber Attack. It is said that NHS Digital- the health service’s data and IT body issued this alert in April this year. But the alert was […]
Britain is being hit by at least two state-funded cyber attacks per day
Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ has disclosed that the digital infrastructure of public and privately owned companies in Britain is being hit by at least two state-funded cyber attacks on a daily note. However, Fleming expects that the recent injection of cash by the British government to bolster National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) will […]
