NHS launches blood donation plea in aftermath of ransomware attack

Following a cyberattack disrupting its system and causing the cancellation of numerous appointments and procedures, England’s leading health officials launched an appeal for O-negative and O-positive blood donors. The cyberattack, which affected IT systems, resulted in the affected hospitals being unable to perform blood matches. With the demand for surgery, the patients’ need for O-negative (a universal blood type) and O-positive (the most common type) has risen.