southport, Local Online News Community, Forums, Chats, For Sale, Classified, Offers, Film Reviews, Events, Motors Sale, Property For Sale Rent, Jobs, Hotels, Taxi, Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Pictures, Sports, Charities, Lost Found

WANTED: YOUR NEWS AND STORIES FOR SOUTHPORT
Email local news to us including image(s) southport@qlocal.co.uk
Follow / Report to us on Twitter @SouthportQlocal
Follow / Comment with us on Facebook qlocalsouthport
  1. Published on: 22/05/2017 10:39 AMReported by: roving-eye
    A Southport Health Watchdog has asked the Information Commissioners to look into the ramshackle anarchy of NHS data management which has been revealed in the recent Ransom malware attack.



    Councillor Tony Dawson, who leads the Southport contingency on the local Health & Adult Care Scrutiny Committee says that it is possible that the Cybermen who led this attack may have done the NHS a favour.

    He says:

    "This was a fairly small and simple attack and relatively easy to address. Had the Cyber bullies been just a little more sophisticated they could have done untold damage. As it is, they have forced the NHS nationally to take a serious look at how they allow our precious personal data to be maintained by a thousand and one bodies on different systems with different security."

    "It is more than likely that a whole host of other government systems will be found to be vulnerable to Cyber attacks, paralysis, destruction or ransom because of the obsession with privatisation and politicians relentless shirking of central responsibility for all sorts of government functions."

    "Perhaps, if the Southport NHS Trust had not wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds on inefficiently-conducted disciplinary proceedings, they might have had a few bob to spare for the odd microsoft security patch or upgrade from Windows XP? But the attacks would still have taken place on dozens of other hospitals and GP surgeries nationwide".

    "I have written to the Information Commissioner's Office, asking them if they will consider conducting an Inquiry into the systems which the National Health Service nationally permits to govern the maintenance and retrieval of personal data within NHS Trusts, General Practitioners etc. It appears to me, on the face of it, that the government have completely abrogated their responsibility to maintain our national NHS database safe to a kind of 'institutionalised anarchy'. The irony is that overall this will probably have cost the NHS massively more than a centralised security contract, properly administered would have done.

  2. WANTED: YOUR NEWS AND STORIES FOR SOUTHPORT
    Email local news to us including image(s) southport@qlocal.co.uk
    Follow / Report to us on Twitter @SouthportQlocal
    Follow / Comment with us on Facebook qlocalsouthport





    Check Todays Deals on Ebay.co.uk      Check Todays Deals On Amazon.co.uk

    Your Comments:


  3. Superbead says:22/05/2017 08:12 PM
    This was a fairly small and simple attack and relatively easy to address.
    Hats off to Dawson, who has clearly brought his expertise to the coal face, helping protect and restore the NHS's systems last week.


    Had the Cyber bullies been just a little more sophisticated they could have done untold damage. As it is, they have forced the NHS nationally to take a serious look at how they allow our precious personal data to be maintained by a thousand and one bodies on different systems with different security.
    Ultimately, the root of this fragmentation is that the Trusts are separate, competing entities, and thus collaboration is discouraged. The problem began with Thatcher's Health and Social Care Act and has been compounded by every government since.

  4. Username2016 says:23/05/2017 12:54 PM
    Good to know we have our best man correcting Europol in their view that this was "the largest witnessed ransom ware attack" plus the days some organisations were offline for in that this was "fairly small and simple".

    Hopefully he does realise that there is a possibility women can be "cyber bullies" too and hopefully he's not mixed up Doctor Who and the real world as would be frightening if "Cybermen" actually existed. But if they did I'm sure one of his letters would stop then.



    Shame on Tony once again though for trying to dredge up the past on disciplinary cases for political capital. Windows 7 was actually affected more than XP.

  5. ECHOEONE says:24/05/2017 08:45 AM
    He seems to like standing in front of that sign for his picture



Custom Search

Search Qlocal (powered by google)
You are in: UK / Southport / North West
Find any Town in the UK, or Use UK map
Local Google MAP for Southport

User Control Panel

Not a Member? Sign Up!

Login or Register


Privacy & Cookie Policy


   

   Check Todays Deals On Amazon.co.uk
   Check Todays Deals on Ebay.co.uk

Also website at southportnews.co.uk

Southport Music & Piano Academy


Qlocal Supports Woodlands Animal Sanctuary

Woodlands Animal Sanctuary Charity

Booking.com

Firewood suppliers in southport
Replacement Stove Glass in southport
Supporting Local Business
Supporting Local Business
Be Seen - Advertise on Qlocal






UK, Local Online News Community, Forums, Chats, For Sale, Classified, Offers, Vouchers, Events, Motors Sale, Property For Sale Rent, Jobs, Hotels, Taxi, Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Pictures, Sports, Charities, Lost Found
southportsouthport News


Supporting Local Business
4-8 Liverpool Avenue, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3NH
We have a superb range of over-mantle mirrors to complement any room setting, with over 300 in stock to view.
WEBSITE     TEL: 01704 578788
Supporting Local Business
486 Liverpool Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 3BD
We manufacture all types of Memorials and Cremation Tablets in marble, granite and stone. Existing monuments renovated & restored. Additional Inscriptions available on request
WEBSITE     TEL: 01704 578854

Supporting Local Business
25-27 Forest Road, Southport, PR8 6JD
Come to visit Wallpaper John@ Forest Road Wallcoverings today for Southport's finest range of wallcoverings with over 1000 designs always in store.
WEBSITE
Supporting Local Business
Rimmer Scaffolding, 11 Guildford Road, Southport, PR8 4JU
For a professional, cost-effective scaffolding service, Rimmer Scaffolding are the local specialists who remember that safety comes first and who don't cut corners.
WEBSITE     TEL: 01704 550859


Stats: Qlocal over 500,000 page views a month (google analytics)