X-Industry

More than 1,000 planned operations and over 3,000 outpatient appointments have been postponed amid ongoing disruption caused by a cyber-attack that impacted London hospitals.  Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in south-east London, was the victim of a data hack on 3 June.[1]

New figures from NHS England show that since then, 3,396 appointments and 1,255 elective procedures have been postponed.  In a statement, the chief executives of two affected trusts said they were

Cyber security researchers infiltrated the Qilin ransomware group, gaining an inside look at how the gang functions and how it rewards affiliates for attacks.  The ransomware-as-a-service group (RaaS), also known by the name “Agenda”, initially emerged in July 2022, attacking a slate of healthcare organizations, tech companies and more across the world.  They have victimized at least 12 organizations since July 2022 from Canada, the US, Colombia, France, Netherlands, Serbia, the United Kingdom a