Thousands of hospital appointments and procedures postponed after cyber attack

The June 3 cyber attack targeting Synnovis led to a significant disruption in UK medical services, with nearly 5,000 outpatient appointments and distinct procedures postponed. While most services approached normal operating levels, pathology services operated at 54% capacity. Needed blood types are O positive and O negative; donation can be arranged at blood.co.uk or by call. Russian cyber group Qilin purportedly shared almost 400GB of data, including patient names and birth dates, and blood test descriptions.