More than 10,000 appointments were cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected.
Around 170 patients have suffered harm as a result of a cyber attack on blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries, reports suggest.
Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ransomware attack by a Russian cyber gang in June last year.
As a result more than 10,000 appointments were cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected.
And a significant number of GP practices in London were unable to order blood tests for their patients.
Now the Health Service Journal (HSJ) has reported that there were nearly 600 “incidents” linked to the attack, with patient care suffering in 170 of these.
A shell-shocked owner woke to find a barrage of one-star reviews had dragged her Google rating from 4.9 to 2.3 virtually overnight.
The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him. They even set up a code with him and his mom to signal it was safe to open the door: “Lucky lucky.”
Then they grew suspicious.
The teen had a history with the police. It was September 2022, and 17-year-old Arion Kurtaj had been arrested twice earlier that year for his alleged role in a hacking group that stole data and demanded ransoms from some of the world’s biggest tech companies. Kurtaj, who is autistic, was released both times. The second time, that March, he had been let go under the condition that he stay offline.
The personal information of a million individuals was leaked online following a ransomware attack that in June hit NHS hospitals in London.
U.K.'s National Crime Agency says it arrested a 17-year-old teenager who is suspected of being connected to the cyberattack on Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency.
Transport for London's ongoing cyber incident has taken a dark turn as the organization confirmed that some data, including bank details, might have been accessed, and 30,000 employees' passwords will need to be reset via in-person appointments.
Transport for London's (TfL) computer systems have been targeted in an ongoing cyber attack.
It said there was no evidence customer data had been compromised and there was currently no impact on TfL services.
Insiders have told BBC London they have been asked to work at home if possible, and that it is the transport provider's backroom systems at the corporate headquarters that are mainly affected.
Cybercriminals behind attacks disrupting at least five London hospitals leaked nearly 400 gigabytes of data, which reportedly included blood test information.
Qilin ransomware started leaking data stolen from England National Health Service (NHS) partner Synnovis labs. According to reports from the BBC, the data includes patient names, dates of birth, NHS numbers, descriptions of blood tests, and other information.
A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers is demanding $50 million from a UK lab-services provider to end a ransomware attack that has paralyzed services at London hospitals for weeks, according to a representative for the group.
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As a result of the cyberattack “hospitals cannot currently match patients’ blood at the same frequency as usual,” announced NHS Blood and Transplant.
A ransomware attack affecting pathology and diagnostic services provider Synnovis has impacted healthcare services at multiple major NHS hospitals in London.
Pathology lab provider targeted, affecting blood transfusions and surgeries
Two UK teenagers were accused of being key members of the notorious hacking group Lapsus$, with prosecutors alleging that the pair were involved in attacks on companies including Nvidia Corp., Rockstar Games Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc.
The news organization won't go into detail about what attackers hit, and why.
