Ransomware attack: The clean-up continues after WannaCry chaos

Hospitals and businesses are still trying to get back to normal following ransomware infections, while experts warn of copycat attacks.

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While the WannaCry ransomware infections now seem to be declining, the chaos following the global attack is far from over.

The WannaCry ransomware spread rapidly last week, infecting more than 300,000 PCs, encrypting data unless users pay a ransom.

Hospitals across the UK seemed particularly badly hit — possibly because of a reliance on older version of Windows — and many are still dealing with the aftermath.

The country’s biggest hospital trust, Barts Health in London, said it was no longer diverting ambulances from any of its hospitals, but that it continues to “experience IT disruption”. This is causing delays and cancellations of appointments, and has reduced the volume of planned operations and clinics on Thursday to make sure it can run all services safely.

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