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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Mary-Ann Russon

NHS: Millions of medical devices in UK hospitals are completely unprotected against hackers

There are millions of medical devices in NHS Trust hospitals across England that are now entirely open to ransomware attacks by cybercriminal gangs.

These seemingly innocuous online devices, such as security cameras or blood monitors, are either incapable of running security software or rely on out-of-date versions. In many cases, they are totally unmonitored.

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