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Malware disables ambulance response systems
An unspecified malware variant recently disabled the automated response systems of a New Zealand-based ambulance service. The service – which provides 90% of the emergency and non-emergency ambulances in the country – was forced to manually allocate the rescue vehicles over a 24-hour period. “Anti-virus software protected the systems but…
Mystery ‘virus’ disrupts New Zealand ambulance service
Staff at New Zealand’s St John’s Ambulance service were forced to coordinate emergency call-outs using manual radio systems last week after computers systems were hit by a mystery ‘virus’. The disruption reportedly began on Wednesday when an unidentified piece of malware started affecting the systems used across the country for…