St Thomas' Hospital in London was one hospital affected by a cyber attack on Monday (Image: PA) IT experts have issued a stark warning that the NHS could face future threats following a cyber hack that saw five London hospitals targeted on Monday. This incident should be a “wake-up call” they said, claiming that the health body is a “prime target” for such attacks. As reported, Royal Brompton, Harefield, Guy's, St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals were all affected by the attack.
Some had to cancel operations and blood transfusions after IT firm Synnovis, which serves NHS pathology labs, was compromised. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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