Qilin, the ransomware group behind an attack that has disrupted healthcare across London, has listed the victim organization Synnovis on its darknet extortion site. The attack earlier this month on Synnovis, a business providing pathology services for hospitals and local clinics in the capital, prompted major disruptions to services, with blood tests in South East London operating at approximately 10% normal capacity. “Half of this capacity has been ringfenced to support patients in the acute
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Hospitals and healthcare subsidiaries have been in the cyber security headlines for over a year now. And attacks appear to have not slowed. More than 1,130 planned operations and 2,190 outpatient appointments have been postponed after a cyber-attack hit London area hospitals. The disruption was caused when hackers targeted pathology services provider Synnovis. NHS England said two NHS trusts, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, were aff