London, UK: A Freedom of Information study by endpoint security company SentinelOne has revealed that 30% of NHS Trusts have suffered a ransomware attack, potentially placing patient data and lives at risk. One Trust – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – admitted to being attacked 19 times in just 12 months.
Following this morning's news that WhatsApp is much less secure than we all thought due to a secuirty backdoor that allow Facebook to now read our messages (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages), Lee Munson, security researcher for Comparitech.com comments:
News is making the rounds that a security backdoor that can be used to allow Facebook and others to intercept and read encrypted messages has been found within its WhatsApp messaging service:
Reports are surfacing that the largest NHS hospital trust in England has been hit with ransomware, affecting thousands of sensitive files. Cybersecurity experts react as below:
David Gibson, VP of strategy and market development at Varonis says: "The reported ransomware attack on the largest NHS hospital trust in England affecting thousands of sensitive files is another canary-in-the-coal mine incident raising awareness for how much sensitive data is overexposed and at risk within organisations. When a user with excessive access to data across the network is infected with ransomware, organisations cannot ignore the crippling effects of hijacked data – in this case, potential disruptions for patient care.
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