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Government must “get its act together” over cyberattacks on NHS, says watchdog

The NHS was warned more than once about a likely cyberattack on its IT systems but was unprepared when an actual attack struck earlier this year, the public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has said.

In a new report the NAO said that the Department of Health for England was warned by the national data guardian and by the regulator the Care Quality Commission about the risks of cyberattacks on the NHS a year before the attack,1 and although it had work under way it did not formally respond until July this year.

In May the WannaCry “ransomware,” which encrypts data on infected computers and demands a ransom payment to allow users access, was released worldwide.2 …