UK health ministers have injected £ 150 m ( $ 500 m ) into boosting public intelligence and awareness of cyber threats after the WannaCry virus disrupted the National Health Service ( NHS ) last week . The investment also increased amid warnings of increasing Russian health threats to UK infrastructure . Microsoft has been contracted to enable the NHS to identify potential threats and prevent it from spreading to critical medical equipment .
UK health ministers have injected £150m ($204m) into boosting security intelligence and awareness of cyber threats after the WannaCry virus disrupted the National Health Service (NHS) last year. The investment also comes amid warnings of increasing Russian cyber threats to UK infrastructure. Microsoft has been contracted to enable the NHS to isolate potential malware and prevent it from spreading to critical medical equipment.