Ransomware hackers have stolen hospitals and doctors' offices across the UK, using a leaked NSA cyberweapon
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2P8M1)
25 NHS trusts and multiple doctors' practices in England and Scotland (but so far, not Northern Ireland or Wales) report that they have had to effectively shut down due to a massive Wcry ransomware infection that has stolen whole swathes of the English healthcare system in one go. The infection appears to exploit a bug that the NSA discovered and deliberately kept secret, only to have it revealed by the Shadow Brokers. (more")