![]() ![]() ![]() Struggled with multiple IT applications with inconsistent functionality, most very old and with poor support if any.Relied on "perimeter security" such as firewalls, blocking, and malware protection that was becoming outdated as the DHB moved to cloud-based services.Was still using Windows XP on some systems, a software released in 2001 that has been unsupported for five years.It appears to be a damning indictment of the state of IT security at the DHB five months before the cyber security breach. ![]() The strategy said at the time there was no cyber security incident response plan and noted the urgent incident response option available to staff at Waikato Hospital was to "unplug network equipment". In the aftermath of the cyberattack, some cancer patients were transferred and elective surgeries postponed as hackers brought down hundreds of servers and patient and staff information was dumped on the dark web. The draft strategy, seen by Local Democracy Reporting, says the DHB's IT security was compromised by outdated systems, infrastructure and staff resourcing, making it a sitting duck for a major cyber security attack. However, Waikato DHB said the strategy was only a draft that was part of a wider digital strategy about to be heard by the DHB's commissioners when hackers struck on May 18. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRaeĪn internal cyber security document dated December 2020 also warned that a lack of training meant staff posed an unintentional threat to its systems. Waikato District Health Board's systems were compromised and open to attack. ![]()
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