Why Cybercriminals Keep Targeting the NHS: Insights into the Latest Attack

In a statement released on 3 June, NHS England confirmed that the patient data managed by the company Synnovis for blood testing was stolen in a ransomware attack. In a threat to extort money from Synnovis, a group of Russian cybercriminals called Qilin shared almost 400GB of personal information through their darknet site on Thursday night, which they had threatened to do. There is no evidence to indicate that test results have been published, according to a statement issued by NHS England. However, the company said that investigations are still ongoing. 

As a shocking development has recently occurred, the NHS has announced it has been a victim of a major cyber attack targeting a company known as Synnovis. Synnovis, formerly known as Viapath, offers pathology services to hospitals across the country. The hospital is a partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is possible that millions of sensitive health information of NHS patients across England could have been compromised by the attack, which happened on June 22nd. 

As of Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospitals NHS Trust and SYNLAB – suffered a ransomware cyber attack, disrupting their operations. There is no denying that this attack has been one of the worst in the history of medicine in the UK. It has resulted in an extremely significant decrease in the number of tests

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