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.
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.
Ransomware suspending hospital operations? That’s an actual horror story…