Global health hack𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.
It happened without warning: a security breach at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), the state pathology service which has become the backbone of the country’s healthcare services. In June this year, a major cyberattack targeted vulnerable points in the NHLS, denying it access to its own IT systems and infrastructure. The ransomware attack was so destructive that the organisation’s systems have remained inaccessible for over a month, denying 80% of South Africans access to their medical records. Around the country, thousands of surgeries have been cancelled as doctors scramble to access patient information and test results. But this isn’t the first security breach on an organisation providing a critical service: globally, similar cyberattacks on major hospitals in Europe and Africa are on the rise.
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