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BMJ 2017; 357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2484 (Published 24 May 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;357:j2484
  1. Ingrid Torjesen
  1. London

The director of informatics at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust talks about ransomware and the NHS

“Our trust wasn’t hit but we did take protective measures. We actually closed our doors from an electronic perspective by shutting off most of the internet, which is what a lot of trusts did. We checked our system and put in patches where needed.

“Shutting off the internet wasn’t required necessarily but, as it was Friday evening, doing so had almost no impact on us, because we had everything we needed in house for the weekend.

“There …

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