London Hospital back online after computer virus shutdown

by LoopZilla | November 22, 2008 at 11:05 am
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IT systems at St Bartholomew's (Barts), the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green were taken down on Tuesday following infection by the Mytob worm. The three hospitals make up the Barts and the London NHS Trust.

A spokesman for the Trust explained that email and internet access had been restored "across key areas", while the Trust continues to

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Jordan Yerman

Not the sort of virus St. Bart's is used to dealing with...

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LoopZilla

Indeed!

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Copyright Allison Merkle, June 2007.

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