NHS cyber attack causing chaos in London hits other hospitals in UK

A ransomware attack believed to be perpetrated by Russian cybercriminals has hit South East hospitals and disrupted NHS tests in London. The assault targeted Synnovis, a pathology service provider, affecting Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of operations. The impacts on non-London hospitals using Synnovis services are expected to be minimal.