London hospitals cancel operations and appointments after being hit in ransomware attack

A cyberattack on the company supplying pathology testing services caused many hospitals in London to cancel operations and send patients away on Tuesday. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

LONDON: Several London hospitals said Tuesday that they had to cancel operations and send patients away because of a cyberattack on a company that supplies pathology laboratory services.

The firm, Synnovis, said it had been hit with a ransomware attack. Chief executive Mark Dollar said the attack "has affected all Synnovis IT systems, resulting in interruptions to many of our pathology services.”