By: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS

On May 15th, the NHS (UK’s National Health Service) suffered its single worst disruption to service in the history of the organisation. The disruption was due to a type of malicious software, known as ransomware, with the purpose of attempting to extort money from victims by encrypting their data, and offering to decrypt that data for a fee, a ransom no less, or lose that data forever. (more…)