UK's NHS has 'pretty good procedures' for dealing with cyber attacks

The UK government has defended the NHS's cyber-security procedures, days after a number of trusts were taken offline by the WannaCry ransomware. Security minister Ben Wallace said that the NHS had followed "pretty good procedures" in dealing with the attack. The news came as health minister Jeremy Hunt confirmed that there had been no dreaded "second wave" of attacks following the initial assault last Friday. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Wallace said that IT staff had worked around the clock over the weekend to patch security systems and restore files at NHS trusts across the country. He highlighted that the… [Continue Reading]