Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust declared a “major incident” after a cyber attack crashed their systems. People are advised to attend the emergency department only for genuine emergencies; hundreds of appointments have been cancelled or postponed as a result. Hospital staff are doing everything manually while they work closely with national cyber security services to rectify the situation.

The NHS needs to tighten its third-party supplier cybersecurity
The NHS should proactively fortify cybersecurity within its third-party software suppliers following recent damaging ransomware attacks, says Jonathan Lee from Trend Micro. He suggests implementing