Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme that the Government held North Korea engaged in the ‘worldwide’ attack.The bombshell supports the statement of a National Audit Office (NAO) report requiring hospital organizations were left vulnerable to hacking because NHS chiefs neglected cyber-security recommendations.The researchers said the attack could have been evaded if only “basic IT security” steps had been taken and that the NHS must “get its act together”.
An appraisal confirmed 88 of 236 support in England did not match up to the required cyber-security standards.Although NHS England reassured the public that no subject data had been kept in the attack, assessments recommend anywhere between 7,000 and 20,000 interviews were canceled as a direct result.
NHS groups have not announced any cases of harm to patients or of their data being stolen as a result of WannaCry. A spokesman for the NAO said: “[This] was a relatively unsophisticated attack and could have been prevented by the NHS following basic IT security best practice. “There are also complicated cyber-threats out beyond than Wanna Cry so the Department and the NHS need to get their act together to ensure the NHS is better protected against future attacks.”
UK government: North Korea was behind the WannaCry cyber-attack that crippled health service
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