Russian Cyber Gang Considered Responsible For London Hospital Ransomware Attack

June 5th, 5:00 PM EDT

By NEWSnet Digital Team

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LONDON (NEWSnet/AP) — A Russia cyber gang is believed responsible for a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals, the former head of British cybersecurity said Wednesday.

A group known as Qilin most likely is behind the attack on Synnovis, which provides pathology lab services for several hospitals run by National Health Service, said Ciaran Martin, former chief executive of National Cyber Security Centre.

The incident Monday affected King’s College and Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital trusts, which run several London hospitals, as well as clinics and doctors’ practices across a swath of the city, NHS said.

A memo to staff called it a “critical incident” and said it had a “major impact” on services, specifically blood transfusions.

Synnovis Chief Executive Mark Dollar said Tuesday it is attempting to determine what occurred.

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