NHS IT faux pas clogs up vital email system

Today, large sections of the NHS email system slowed to a crawl after an IT worker accidentally sent out a message to 1.2 million employees.

Some staff used the email function “reply to all”, which added extra traffic to the already flooded servers - making the system unusable for many.

Frustrated employees took to social media to vent about the bombardment of emails in their inbox, whilst others complained about not being able to use the system at all – the Independent reports.

One Health Service Manager tweeted: “So essentially #nhsmail users have all just carried out a DDoS [distributed denial of service] attack on themselves”.