Security News NHS Trusts refuse to upgrade Windows XP, despite Trojan attack

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Computers operated by Barts Health NHS Trust, which is one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom and owns several London hospitals, were infected with ransomware and several thousands of files were compromised.

The trust continues running Windows XP on its computers, and according to reports, there still are no plans to upgrade to a newer Windows version. It’s not clear if security solutions were running on the compromised computers or not.

In a statement posted on its website, the trust confirms the virus infection and says that it’s already working on recovering after the attack.

Update: Barts Health - IT service disruption

The incident was caused by Trojan malware, not ransomware. The particular virus has never been seen before and, whilst it had the potential to do significant damage to computer network files, our measures to contain the virus were successful.

 

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