Ransomware attack on London hospitals disrupts surgery and blood transfusion services
Several London hospitals suffered operational disruption from a ransomware attack, and a critical incident was declared. Blood shortages and delays to operations followed, and the leak of 300 million patient records was also reported. Restoration of the blood transfusion service was projected for the autumn.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption at multiple hospitals, blood shortages and delays to operations, leak of 300 million patient records
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- A critical incident was declared after ransomware hit several London hospitals.
- A Russian criminal gang and Qilin were named as being behind the attack.
- Blood shortages and delays to operations followed the attack.
- The attack group posted the victims on its darknet site.
- The leak of 300 million patient records was reported.
- Restoration of the hacked blood transfusion service was projected for the autumn.
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