A ransomware attack on lab services provider Synnovis disrupted the UK’s National Health Service, causing thousands of patient appointments and procedures to be cancelled, and triggering a nation-wide O-type blood shortage. While most services have now resumed, the shortage and an amber alert remain. The attack was claimed by Russian-speaking group Qilin. Recovery time from such incidents in healthcare is expanding, with 36% of organisations taking at least a month to recover.
Vladimir Putin prepares new war with ‘traditional enemy’ Britain after NHS cancer treatment delayed by targeted campaign
Vladimir Putin is poised to potentially launch a series of cyber attacks on the UK that could disrupt the country’s infrastructure and economy, warns Chancellor
