Ransomware Attack On 16 NHS Hospitals

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Xiphos

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Criminal hackers have hacked into 16 hospitals computers in a cyber attack and are demanding £415,000 not to wipe their files, hospitals in chaos
When they catch them jail them and throw the keys away, c****
 
What does ransomware note say?

It tells staff that important files are encrypted and are no longer accessible.

The message tells users not to waste their time and to use the decryption service immediately by paying $300 worth of Bitcoin within three days.

They are warned that this price will double afterwards, and their files will be deleted forever if no ransom is paid within a week.

 
What is Wanna Decryptor?

This is the malicious software that appears to be affecting NHS IT systems.

It encrypts files on computers, blocks them from view and threatens to delete them unless a payment is made.

The virus is usually covertly installed on to computers by being hidden within innocent-looking emails containing links.

Ransoms are typically demanded via Bitcoin, as these transactions are usually harder to trace.

It is possible to remove ransomware such as Wanna Decryptor without payment by using advanced anti-malware software.

The malware can also be removed manually with a computer in "safe mode", however security experts warn this runs the risk of damage to a PC as users must go through sensitive system files in order to find and isolate files created by the Wanna Decryptor software.
 
Well it will be a staff member going on a dodgy infected page or similar. Utorrent has has a nasty ad trying to install viruses the last 24hrs, it would not surprise me if someone had utorrent running on an nhs network linked machine with bad anti virus or even non.
 
karen7 said:
What does ransomware note say?

It tells staff that important files are encrypted and are no longer accessible.

The message tells users not to waste their time and to use the decryption service immediately by paying $300 worth of Bitcoin within three days.

They are warned that this price will double afterwards, and their files will be deleted forever if no ransom is paid within a week.

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Scum of the earth messing with patients lives
 
Those responsible are sick, and will be doing it for money. But from a professional point of view (working in Information Security) it's incredibly easy to prevent, lax controls and legacy systems is probably the root cause but surely any clinical systems should have relevant controls in place to stop this happening. Hopefully those affected have a recent backup to restore systems to with minimal or no loss of service
 
This type of thing is becoming all too frequent for me, these people are hacking into everything, hospitals, airports, your personal data and banks, i'v been thinking of taking what bit of money i have in my bank account out for a while now but come Monday it's coming out, i'v lost all faith in them
 
Should have kept their anti-virus and anti-malware up to date.

Bet this was caused by Tory cuts to the IT budget.
 
Email virus attachments disguised as genuine i heard. However this is a very real threat to peoples lives similar to a terrorist attack. It isnt just a bit of cyber crime. GCHQ and Mi6 should be hunting these people down and when found they should send in the troops and hit these barstards hard. Shouldnt take much to make an example of them.
 
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I find it unlikely that they'd disclose the source at this point.

This last two weeks has been a torrent of bad news for netsec, huge vulnerabilities in fundamental Microsoft, Intel and HP machines/software have been 'discovered' - i.e. officially reported.
 
Been for a procedure at Trafford hospital this afternoon, computers down they are having to log everything by hand not sure if they have been hacked or just shut the system down as precaution
 
bboy said:
29 and Counting

I find it unlikely that they'd disclose the source at this point.

This last two weeks has been a torrent of bad news for netsec, huge vulnerabilities in fundamental Microsoft, Intel and HP machines/software have been 'discovered' - i.e. officially reported.
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You sound as if you know what you are talking about. Latest on Sky is that some NHS areas havent been affected as they kept their anti virus software up to date knlwing there was an attack going about the past 2 weeks. Others didnt. It managers for the high jump it would seem.
 
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