A year after WannaCry, victims haven’t improved cybersecurity policies

Almost a year after the WannaCry ransomware attack took out banks, public transit systems, hospitals, and universities worldwide, several of the UK organizations hit have not adequately implemented cybersecurity practices that can prevent future threats, according to a Tuesday report from the UK’s Committee of Public Accounts.

WannaCry hit the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) particularly hard, affecting more than one third of NHS branches and leading the the cancellation of 20,000 hospital appointments and…Read more