Security News > 2024 > April > Cyberattack on UK’s CVS Group disrupts veterinary operations
UK veterinary services provider CVS Group has announced that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted IT services at its practices across the country.
CVS Group operates 500 veterinary practices throughout the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Ireland, including nine specialist referral hospitals, 39 dedicated out-of-hours sites, three laboratories, and seven pet crematoria.
In an announcement published on the London Stock Exchange site, CVS Group warns that threat actors gained unauthorized access to some of its IT systems.
"Upon discovery of the incident, CVS took immediate steps to isolate the issue and, to prevent wider unauthorised access, took its IT systems temporarily offline, as part of the Group's response plan."
The company noted that the incident impacts only UK practices, as operations outside the UK are not hosted on CVS infrastructure.
At the time of writing this, no ransomware groups have assumed responsibility for the attack at CVS Group.