Advanced, a business software and services provider, has confirmed a significant outage across many health and care systems was due to a cyber-attack. The affected systems include the Adastra software used by 85% of NHS 111 services. Advanced’s COO, Simon Short, stated immediate isolation of all health and care environments contained the attack. The company is working on system recovery with NHS and health and care bodies.
Rural Providers Warn of Cybersecurity Crisis
A new report from the Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) calls for urgent federal investment and policy reforms to strengthen cybersecurity at smaller, financially vulnerable
