Security News > 2022 > August > UK NHS service recovery may take a month after MSP ransomware attack
Managed service provider Advanced confirmed that a ransomware attack on its systems disrupted emergency services from the United Kingdom's National Health Service.
Customers of seven solutions from the British MSP have been impacted either directly or indirectly, the company said.
The ransomware attack started to disrupt Advanced systems on Thursday, August 4 and was identified around 7 AM. It caused a major outage to NHS emergency services across the U.K. Advanced did not disclose the ransomware group behind the attack but said that it took immediate action to mitigate the risk and isolated Health and Care environments where the incident was detected.
After implementing the security measures above, Advanced said it would restore connectivity to its environments and assist customers to gradually reconnect safely and securely.
"For NHS 111 and other urgent care customers using Adastra and NHS Trusts using eFinancials, we anticipate this phased process to begin within the next few days" - Advanced.
For customers of other Advanced solutions, reconnecting to the environments is expected to take at least three to four weeks.
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