Cyberattack causes NHS IT meltdown

Non-emergency operations have been suspended and ambulances are being diverted at NHS organisations across the country.The IT systems of at least 19 organisations across the NHS have been affected by a ransomware attack, in which malicious software encrypts the data on a victim's computer and demands a ransom, usually to be paid in Bitcoin, in order to make the data accessible again.Although the investigation is at an early stage NHS Digital believes it has identified "the malware variant as Wan