UK health service shifts to Win10 after ransomware attacks

By Juha Saarinen on May 1, 2018 12:09PM

Finally dumps vulnerable legacy systems.

Britain's National Health Service will upgrade to Microsoft's latest Windows 10 operating system to bolster cybersecurity after a spate of ransomware attacks on its computers last year. The NHS experienced a major disruption in May last year that saw surgeries and medical appointmen...

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