Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber attack led to operations being cancelled and emergency patients being diverted elsewhere.
It applies to hospitals partnered with Synnovis - a provider of pathology services. King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ - including the Royal Brompton and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital - and primary care services are among those affected.
The incident has had a “major impact” on the delivery of services, especially blood transfusions and test results.
A spokesman for King’s College Hospital confirmed it had been affected by the attack.
The incident is thought to have occurred on Monday, meaning some departments could not connect to a main server.
Ransomware suspending hospital operations? That’s an actual horror story…
It’s not the first time, and it has likely caused deaths before due to delayed care: https://www.wired.com/story/ransomware-hospital-death-germany/
How can you be so bent out of shape as a human to think that fucking over kids at the Evelina is the way to spend your day, to make your daily bread.
