Qilin attack on Synnovis cripples London blood testing
A Qilin ransomware attack on pathology provider Synnovis disrupted blood tests and transfusions at King's College, Guy's and St Thomas' and GP services in south-east London, with thousands of appointments and operations postponed.
- Service
- Synnovis (NHS pathology)
- Date
- 3 June 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- UK
- Source
- NHS England ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Qilin attack on Synnovis cripples London blood testing”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 3 Jun 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-06-03-synnovis-nhs-pathology-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: NHS England, https://www.england.nhs.uk/synnovis-cyber-incident/questions-and-answers/.
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