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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by nthcolumn on Friday May 12, 2017 @11:07AM (#14324590)
A 'coordinated' attack apparently unless it is a very agile worm, lots of disparate unconnected levels being hit - such as GP surgeries (local clinics) to large hospitals A&E (ER). The common factor being the widescale abuse of @nhs.net as the email provider for all. Local GPs not meant to be using it at all.
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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by throwaway049 on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:09PM (#14325197)
What is the reason local GPs are not meant to use NHS.net email? I work in the sector and I thought it was policy to have them use it as the approved platform to securely communicate with secondary care.
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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by ealexhudson on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:56PM (#14325636)
GPs absolutely do use nhs.net; that's how they communicate. It's supposed to be secure enough to send medical records. If you go for a blood test or something, that's how the results come back.
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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by makomk on Friday May 12, 2017 @01:14PM (#14325786)
It's apparently using the leaked NSA SMB exploits, so once it hits their internal networks any systems which aren't patched are probably going to get exploited pretty much instantly.
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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by DanBC on Friday May 12, 2017 @04:55PM (#14327868)
What makes you think GPs are not allowed to use nhs.net email?

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/comms-mat/Comms-Archive/J...

> A nominated Local Organisation Administrator (LOA). For primary care organisations, specifically GP practices, pharmacies, optometrists and dentists this is provided by NHS England Area Teams. Where appropriate, Department Administrators may be nominated.

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Re:Hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack by alexsays on Friday May 12, 2017 @11:20AM (#14324760)
Not necessarily a coordinated attack, it could be a technique which is exploiting some weakness in security practices and they happen to have hit on these systems.
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