Croydon worker causes NHS computer meltdown by accidentally...

An IT contractor in Croydon reportedly inadvertently brought the entire NHS email system to a halt on Monday after accidentally emailing more than 800,000 employees.The error was confounded by many recipients using the reply all function, which contributed to the NHS mail system being overloaded, meaning most NHS staff around the country could not send or receive messages.One user claimed that as many as 186 million "needless emails" had contributed to the system grinding to a halt.The...