Michael Fallon – We warned the NHS on cyber security
Early this morning, Andrew Marr interviewed the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Marr attacked the government for failing to adequately prepare for Friday’s mass cyber attack, which caused havoc in the NHS, creating many difficulties and rescheduled appointments up and down the country:
Marr: What patently this government has not properly invested in is defences against cyber attack you did not give the NHS the proper support and proper money to stop this cyber attack, with terrible results for patients up and down the country.
Fallon: In our security review, just over a year and a few months ago, we identified cyber threats as one of the three principal threats, and we set aside £1.9 billion to protect us better against cyber and a large chunk of that went to the NHS.
Marr: It didn’t pay for the upgrades in 2015…
Fallon: Hang on. We’re spending around 50 million on the NHS cyber systems to improve their security.
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