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The latest update on the Synnovis cyberattack from Mark Dollar, CEO

The latest update on the Synnovis cyberattack from Mark Dollar, CEO

Synnovis, along with NHSE, the NCA and our Trust partners, has been dedicating every available resource to protect our employees and our patients from the impact of this criminal act.

Since the attack, every available resource has been dedicated to delivering largely manual interim solutions in parallel with the rebuild of over 60, interconnected IT systems and the phased restoration of service capacity.

Synnovis is aware of a global IT outage - which has affected a number of systems

On Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospitals NHS Trust and SYNLAB - was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack, resulting in a major IT incident and a significant reduction in capacity to process samples.

On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB - was the victim of a cyberattack. Last week a group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack published data online. We have now been able to confirm that this data was stolen from Synnovis’ systems.

On 3 June, Synnovis – a pathology services partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB – was the victim of a cyberattack. Last night a group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack published data online that they allege belongs to Synnovis.

The investigation into the attack continues, including any possible impact to data. Once further information is known we will report in line with Information Commissioner’s Office requirements, and prioritise the notification of any impacted individuals or partners as required.

On Monday 3 June, Synnovis – a partnership between two London-based hospital Trusts and SYNLAB - was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack. This has affected all Synnovis IT systems, resulting in interruptions to many of our pathology services.