What Barts and The London NHS Trust called a "major incident" - the spread of the Mytob computer virus to a network of nearly 5,000 PCs - was entirely avoidable.
An independent report on the management's response to the incident goes before the trust's board today. Although trust's anti-virus software was updated daily, some PCs did not have it configured properly. So the virus was let in through the back door, said the trust.
Link:
Virus attack at London hospitals was "entirely avoidable" - Computer Weekly website
London Hospitals hit by computer virus - Graham Cluley, Sophos
Mytob and the NHS - Eset site
Mytob-infected emails - Neil Turner's blog
Did suspected Zotob Hacker write Mytob worm? - Information Week
Mytob worm domindates virus charts - from 2005
