Potential phishing emails targeting NHS organisations

June 21, 2018

There is currently an ongoing widespread ‘phishing’ email campaign targetting NHS organisations.

Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.

This particular campaign states that devices have been compromised with ‘WannaCry’ and request users to send Bitcoin payments to a specified email address, different to the sender’s address.

Please follow the guidance below to ensure you stay secure:

• If you do not recognise the email, you should not open it.
• Ensure anti-malware \ anti-virus is kept up-to-date.
• Ensure you are following guidance on backing up important data to the network

If you have any queries regarding a suspicious email or message, please contact the IT Service Desk on ext 4050.