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.
Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity highlighted the need for better tracking of devices and their vulnerability to cyber threats. They noted
