Security News > 2024 > July > Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals

Exclusive The latest figures suggest that around 1,500 medical procedures have been canceled across some of London's biggest hospitals in the four weeks since Qilin's ransomware attack hit pathology services provider Synnovis.

Hanna was told on the Tuesday of that week, the day after Qilin's attack, that despite everything going on, the staff at St Thomas' hospital in London were still planning to go ahead with the skin-sparing mastectomy as previously agreed.

The ransomware attack wasn't easy on hospitals.

"The options were to either wait until the system recovered or to just do the mastectomy-only operation, and for me, I did in the end choose to have the mastectomy only, so this was all just very, very last minute," Hanna told The Register.

The recent attack on Synnovis is the latest reminder of what happens when mission-critical organizations are breached, but over the last 12 months the UK has seen various other attacks cause significant disruption.

Hanna said she mainly blames Qilin, who previously told The Register they were fully aware of the disruption their attack would cause, for the events that left her without a breast.

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