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Systems belonging to the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust suffered a major ransomware infection in October which caused operations to be interrupted for no less than four days. Although it was initially believed that the issue was caused by a malware infection spreading via USB, Pam Clipson, director of strategy and planning at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, confirmed that it was all due to ransomware which reached several systems and forced the security department to knock them offline for cleaning. Ransomware infections usually involve a ransom that organizations need to pay to hackers in order to unlock systems, but Clipson explained that the hospital took systems offline in order to remove the malware themselves. No data stolen Patient safety was a priority, the official says, admitting that approximately 2,800 appointments were canceled because the responsible systems weren’t working. "Any potentia... ...