1 February 2018

Lessons learned review of the WannaCry Ransomware Cyber Attack

Lessons learned review of the WannaCry Ransomware Cyber Attack  William Smart - Chief Information Officer for Health and Social Care
Department for Health and Social Care 1 February 2018
  • The report sets out the events that occurred during the WannaCry cyber attack and describes the health and social care system's response to the incident. It also describes the immediate actions taken to recover, learn from and reduce the immediate risk of a future cyber attack. 
  • The report analyses lessons learned and provides recommendations on how the health and social care system can reduce the risk of a similar cyber attack in the future and improve responsiveness and action in the event of major incident.