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Hospital disruption continues following NHS cyber attack
Hospitals across the UK are recovering from the major cyber attack that hit the NHS on May 12th 2017, with a number of trusts still adversely affected.
Since the incident on Friday, many patients have seen routine surgical operations and GP appointments cancelled as hospitals seek to restore their systems to full functionality in the wake of the ransomware attack.
Known as Wanna Decryptor or WannaCry, the rogue software is thought to have infected 200,000 machines in 150 countries since Friday, resulting in crucial files being left encrypted and inaccessible unless the user agrees to pay a fee.
Concerns had been raised that a fresh spike in attacks would be seen this week, but health secretary Jeremy Hunt said this has not been the case, while also noting that more than 80 percent of the NHS was unaffected.
Mr Hunt said: "We've not seen a second wave of attacks and the level of criminal activity is at the lower end of the range that we had anticipated."
Nevertheless, the government has come under criticism from Labour and other parties for the possible role that a lack of investment in NHS cyber security may have played in exacerbating the damage caused.
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