Patient death linked to cyber attack on NHS, hospital trust says

The decease of a idiosyncratic has been linked to past year's cyber onslaught connected the NHS.

The onslaught saw 1,100 crab treatments delayed, 2,000 outpatient appointments cancelled and much than 1,000 operations postponed erstwhile cyber criminals attacked 2 large NHS trusts.

Now, the archetypal decease of a diligent linked to the onslaught has been confirmed by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

"One diligent sadly died unexpectedly during the cyber attack," said a spokesperson.

"The diligent information incidental probe identified a fig of contributing factors that led to the patient's death.

"This included a agelong hold for a humor trial effect owed to the cyber onslaught impacting pathology services astatine the time.

"We person met with the patient's family, and shared the findings of the information probe with them."

Synnovis, which provides services chiefly successful southeast London, was the unfortunate of a ransomware attack, understood to beryllium carried retired by Russian radical Qilin, connected 3 June past year.

Sensitive information stolen from an NHS supplier successful a cyber onslaught was seemingly published online.

NHS England said a transgression radical claimed it has released diligent accusation hacked from Synnovis, which provides pathology services connected humor tests.

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