Security: NHS and Police With Windows
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Wannacry ransomware cost the British National Health Service £92m ($121m)
Among the most prominent ransomware victims were NHS facilities, including hospitals, across the UK. All told, the epidemic cost the cash-starved health system £92m (£19 in lost output, £73m in IT expenses in the aftermath).
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WannaCry attack cost cash-strapped NHS an estimated £92m
Until now, the financial damage caused by the sweeping cyber attack - which it's now been revealed affected 8 per cent of GP clinics and forced the NHS to cancel 19,000 appointments - has been unclear, but the DHSC estimates in a new report that the total figure cost in at £92m.
WannaCry cost approximately £19 in lost output, while a whopping £73m was racked up in IT costs in the aftermath of the attack, according to the report. Some £72m was spent on restoring systems and data in the weeks after the attack struck.
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[Old] Ethical [crackers] show that Windows 10 isn’t immune to WannaCry
And secondly, the exploit they crafted only works against older versions of Windows 10 (pre-Anniversary Update), but that isn’t really the point. It’s about showing the lines along which these sort of exploits can evolve, and reminding folks not to sit back smugly even when the OS they’re running appears to be bulletproof to a new threat.
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Police body cameras 'could be hacked' [sic] to access confidential data
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