"Supply Chain Attack Hits NHS Ambulance Trusts"

A cyberattack on an NHS supplier has recently left two ambulance trusts serving millions of people without access to electronic patient records.  Swedish healthcare IT firm Ortivus said in a statement that an attack on July 18 left affected UK customers using its hosted data center.  Ortivus noted that electronic patient records are currently unavailable and are, until further notice, handled using manual systems.  No patients have been directly affected.  The company stated that no other systems have been attacked, and no customers outside of those in the hosted data center have been affected.  Ortivus noted that it is currently working in close collaboration with the affected customers to restore the systems and recover data.  The affected customers are the ones using MobiMed ePR, electronic patient record systems in a hosted environment.  BBC claimed that South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) and South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) are both affected by the incident.  Neither trust has released any information publicly about the incidents.  Although Ortivus claimed no patients have been directly affected, if ambulances turn up without the ability to access patient records, it’s likely that the standard of care will suffer.  The two trusts are said to serve around 12 million people in the south of England.

Infosecurity reports: "Supply Chain Attack Hits NHS Ambulance Trusts"