In the case of a number of major London hospitals you start cancelling operations and appointments for patients and critical test results are delayed.
Cyber-attack on London hospitals declared critical incident – BBC News
Among those impacted because they work with Synnovis – a provider of pathology services – are:
- King’s College Hospital
- Guy’s and St Thomas’
- Royal Brompton
- Evelina London Children’s Hospital
- Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley, Southwark and Lambeth GP services have also been impacted.
There are no more details at the moment and investigations are ongoing.
Your takeaway
Does your Cyber Security Plan include contingencies for your primary suppliers?
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
